{"id":14067,"date":"2022-07-18T12:35:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T16:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/?p=14067"},"modified":"2022-07-18T12:35:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T16:35:16","slug":"1-peter-36-when-did-sarah-obey-abraham-in-the-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/1-peter-36-when-did-sarah-obey-abraham-in-the-ot\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Peter 3:6 – When did Sarah obey Abraham in the OT?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/strong> Peter writes, \u201cSarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord\u201d (1 Pet. 3:6). Some interpreters argue that this refers to Sarah obeying Abraham, when he chose to lie and have her sleep with the Egyptian Pharaoh (Gen. 12:13) and later to Abimelech (Gen. 20:5, 13). Some interpreters argue that we should submit to authority\u2014even if it means sinning against God (i.e. committing adultery). Is this the case?
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\nSolution:<\/strong> Sarah refers to Abraham as \u201clord\u201d (kurios) in Genesis 18:12 in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the OT). However, the text isn\u2019t clear in which way she \u201cobeyed\u201d Abraham. Since Peter never specifically mentions these events of lying in Genesis 12 and 20, we shouldn\u2019t assume that these are the events he has in mind. Carson writes,<\/p>\n

On the whole, however, it is best to conclude that we cannot be certain what was in Peter\u2019s mind when he penned these words, except for the explicit allusion to \u201clord\u201d in Gen. 18:12 LXX, and the general way in which that form of address is in line with the rest of the account of Abraham and Sarah.[1]
\nSince it isn\u2019t clear what event Peter is referring to in Genesis, we shouldn\u2019t make any assumptions. Moreover, the Bible always teaches qualified leadership. The Bible never teaches that we are justified in sinning by following a human leader, when God says differently (Acts 4:19; 5:29). The verb tenses and participles in 1 Peter 3:5 \u201call indicate a continuing pattern of conduct during one\u2019s life.\u201d[2] Therefore, in our estimation, Sarah followed Abraham in general, rather than in any specific, particular event.<\/p>\n

For further reading, see our earlier article \u201cChristianity and Women.\u201d<\/p>\n

[1] D. A Carson and G.K. Beale, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI;\u00a0 Nottingham, UK: Baker Academic;\u00a0 Apollos, 2007), 1036.<\/p>\n

[2] Wayne A. Grudem, 1 Peter: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 17, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988), 149.<\/p>\n

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“Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (1 Pet 3:6)”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Problem: Peter writes, \u201cSarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord\u201d (1 Pet. 3:6). Some interpreters argue that this refers to Sarah obeying Abraham, when he chose to lie and have her sleep with the Egyptian Pharaoh (Gen. 12:13) and later to Abimelech (Gen. 20:5, 13). Some interpreters argue that we should submit to authority\u2014even if itContinue reading →<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,8,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-errors","category-bible-study","category-bible-teaching","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}