1 Peter 3:1-6
Wives and Husbands
1 In the same way, wives,(A) submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message,(B) they may be won over(a)(C) without a message by the way their wives live(D)
2 when they observe your pure, reverent lives.(E)
3 Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments(b) or fine clothes.(F)
4 Instead, it should consist of what is inside(c) the heart(G) with the imperishable quality of a gentle(H) and quiet(I) spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.
5 For in the past, the holy(J) women who put their hope(K) in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands,
6 just as Sarah(L) obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and are not frightened by anything alarming.(M)
Footnotes:
a.
1 Peter 3:1: Lit may be gained
b.
1 Peter 3:3: Lit and of putting around of gold items
c.
1 Peter 3:4: Lit Instead, the hidden man of
Cross references:
E.
1 Peter 3:2:
Titus 2:5