1 Peter 3
1 Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Likewise, ye wives, be submissive to your own husbands; in order that, if any do not believe the word, they shall be gained through the deportment of their wives, without the word;
2 when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
beholding your chaste deportment which is with reverence:
3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
whose beauty, let it not be the external beauty of braiding the hairs, and wearing golds, or putting on of outer garments;
4 but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
but let their beauty be the hidden man of the heart, in the purity of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is perfection complete.
5 For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,
For in this way in olden times the holy wives, the ones having hope toward God, were indeed accustomed to beautify themselves, submissive to their own husbands:
6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
as Sarah submitted to Abraham, calling him Lord: whose children you have become, doing good, and not fearing any calamity.
7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwelling with the wife according to knowledge, as the weaker vessel, extending to them honor, as indeed the equal heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers should not be hindered.
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
And finally, all being like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, merciful, humble:
9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
not giving evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; because unto this you have been called, that you may inherit the blessing.
10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
For let the one wishing to love life, and to see good days, cease his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:
11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
let him depart from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it:
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry: but the face of the Lord is against those doing evil.
13 Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
Who is the one about to harm you, if you may be zealots of the good?
14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
But if indeed you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are happy. Fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
15 But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,
but sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts: being always ready for an answer to every one asking you a reason for the hope which is in you, but with meekness and fear:
16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
having a good conscience, in order that, in whatsoever you are calumniated, those traducing your good deportment in Christ may be ashamed.
17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
For it is better, doing good, if the will of the Lord should will it, to suffer, rather than doing evil.
18 For Christ also suffered 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 in the Spirit,
Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit:
19 in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison
by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
who at one time were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, the ark being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through the water.
21 And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Which antitype baptism does even now save you, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking after a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
who is on the right hand of God, having gone up into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being subordinated unto him.
