Bible Strands
1 Peter 3:22
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter writes to scattered believers in Asia Minor, closing a passage on baptism by pointing to Christ's exaltation as the ground of their salvation.
The words — δεξιᾷ (dexia), "right hand," is the fixed idiom for a position of sovereign authority, not merely a spatial location. The aorist participle πορευθεὶς (poreutheis), "having gone," marks the ascent as a completed, irreversible act.
The thread — Hebrews 10:12 pairs the one sacrifice with sitting down at the right hand of God; Hebrews 9:24 says He entered heaven itself to appear before God on the believer's behalf.
Why it lands — The verse names the reader's real opponents—angels, authorities, powers—and states they are already subject to Christ, so the question is not whether they can be overcome but whether the reader will act as if they already have been.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 10:12 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- Ephesians 1:20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Mark 16:19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Romans 8:34 Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
- Mark 12:36 Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
- Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 8:1 The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,