IN SUBMISSION TO CHRIST

“It is better, if it is God’s will, 

to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

For Christ died for sins once for all, 

the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.

He was put to death in the body 

but made alive by the Spirit,

through whom also he went 

and preached to the spirits in prison 

who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently 

in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.

In it only a few people, eight in all, 

were saved through water,

and this water symbolizes baptism 

that now saves you also –

not the removal of dirt from the body 

but the pledge of a good conscience toward God.

It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand –

with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.”
1 Peter 3:17-22 (NIV)

hapax⁵³⁰ – one (or a single) time (numerically or conclusively): - once.

hupŏtassō⁵²⁹³ – to subordinate: reflex. to obey: - be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.