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 in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if some obey not the word, by their wives’ conduct without the word, they may be won over;
2 when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
being eye-witnesses of your chaste behaviour with timidity.
3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
Whose adorning let it not be that exterior one of braided locks, and golden trimmings, and dresses put on with nicety;
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 it be the hidden man of the heart, with that incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God highly valuable.
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 so in times of old the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection 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 obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are, if ye do well, and are not affrighted with any terror.
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.
Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may meet no interruption.
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
Finally, be all like-minded, sympathizing, loving fraternally, compassionate, friendly hearted,
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 returning evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, contrariwise, wishing men every blessing; knowing that hereunto ye have been called, that ye should inherit the divine benediction.
10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
“For he that would love life, and see good days, let him restrain 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 every wicked thing, 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.”
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who practise wicked things.
13 Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
And who will do you harm if ye be imitators of him that is 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 ye should even suffer for righteousness, blessed are ye: be not afraid of their terror, 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 God in your hearts: and be always ready with your reply to every man who demands a reason respecting the hope which is in you 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.
keeping a good conscience; that whereas they malign you, as evil doers, they may be confounded who take pleasure in ridiculing your good conduct in Christ.
17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
For it is better (if it be God’s will) to suffer as well doers than as evil doers.
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,
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:
19 in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison
by which also he went and preached to those spirits imprisoned;
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 in time of old were disobedient, when the long suffering of God in the days of Noe waited, while the ark was preparing, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were preserved 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,
The antitype to which baptism now saveth us (not the mere removal of filth from the flesh, but the engagement of a good conscience to God), by 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 at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under him.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
