1 Peter 3

1 Likewise, wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without [the] word by the conversation of the wives,

Ὁμοίως αἱ γυναῖκες ὑποτασσόμεναι τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν, ἵνα καὶ εἴ τινες ἀπειθοῦσιν τῷ λόγῳ, διὰ τῆς τῶν γυναικῶν ἀναστροφῆς ἄνευ λόγου (κερδηθήσονται, *N(k)O*)

2 having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in fear;

ἐποπτεύσαντες τὴν ἐν φόβῳ ἁγνὴν ἀναστροφὴν ὑμῶν·

3 whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

ὧν ἔστω οὐχ ὁ ἔξωθεν ἐμπλοκῆς τριχῶν καὶ περιθέσεως χρυσίων ἢ ἐνδύσεως ἱματίων κόσμος,

4 but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

ἀλλ᾽ ὁ κρυπτὸς τῆς καρδίας ἄνθρωπος ἐν τῷ ἀφθάρτῳ τοῦ πραέως καὶ ἡσυχίου πνεύματος, ὅ ἐστιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ πολυτελές.

5 For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;

οὕτως γάρ ποτε καὶ αἱ ἅγιαι γυναῖκες αἱ ἐλπίζουσαι (εἰς *N(k)O*) (τὸν *k*) θεὸν ἐκόσμουν ἑαυτάς ὑποτασσόμεναι τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν·

6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

ὡς Σάρρα (ὑπήκουσεν *NK(o)*) τῷ Ἀβραὰμ κύριον αὐτὸν καλοῦσα, ἧς ἐγενήθητε τέκνα ἀγαθοποιοῦσαι καὶ μὴ φοβούμεναι μηδεμίαν πτόησιν.

7 [Ye] husbands likewise, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, as with a weaker, [even] the female, vessel, giving [them] honour, as also fellow-heirs of [the] grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Οἱ ἄνδρες ὁμοίως, συνοικοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσιν ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ ἀπονέμοντες τιμὴν ὡς καὶ (συγκληρονόμοις *N(k)O*) χάριτος ζωῆς εἰς τὸ μὴ (ἐγκόπτεσθαι *N(k)O*) τὰς προσευχὰς ὑμῶν.

8 Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;

Τὸ δὲ τέλος πάντες ὁμόφρονες, συμπαθεῖς, φιλάδελφοι, εὔσπλαγχνοι, (ταπεινόφρονες, *N(K)O*)

9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing [others], because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing.

μὴ ἀποδιδόντες κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἢ λοιδορίαν ἀντὶ λοιδορίας, τοὐναντίον δὲ εὐλογοῦντες (εἰδότες, *K*) ὅτι εἰς τοῦτο ἐκλήθητε ἵνα εὐλογίαν κληρονομήσητε.

10 For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

ὁ γὰρ θέλων ζωὴν ἀγαπᾶν καὶ ἰδεῖν ἡμέρας ἀγαθὰς παυσάτω τὴν γλῶσσαν (αὐτοῦ *k*) ἀπὸ κακοῦ καὶ χείλη (αὐτοῦ *k*) τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον.

11 And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it;

ἐκκλινάτω (δὲ *no*) ἀπὸ κακοῦ καὶ ποιησάτω ἀγαθόν, ζητησάτω εἰρήνην καὶ διωξάτω αὐτήν.

12 because [the] eyes of [the] Lord [are] on [the] righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but [the] face of [the] Lord [is] against them that do evil.

ὅτι (οἵ *k*) ὀφθαλμοὶ κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους, καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν, πρόσωπον δὲ κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά.

13 And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good?

Καὶ τίς ὁ κακώσων ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ (ζηλωταὶ *N(K)O*) γένησθε;

14 But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;

ἀλλ᾽ εἰ καὶ πάσχοιτε διὰ δικαιοσύνην, μακάριοι. τὸν δὲ φόβον αὐτῶν μὴ φοβηθῆτε μηδὲ ταραχθῆτε·

15 but sanctify [the] Lord the Christ in your hearts, and [be] always prepared to [give] an answer [to] every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that [is] in you, but with meekness and fear;

κύριον δὲ τὸν (Χριστὸν *N(K)O*) ἁγιάσατε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν. Ἕτοιμοι (δὲ *k*) ἀεὶ πρὸς ἀπολογίαν παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι ὑμᾶς λόγον περὶ τῆς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐλπίδος, (ἀλλὰ *NO*) μετὰ πραΰτητος καὶ φόβου,

16 having a good conscience, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ.

συνείδησιν ἔχοντες ἀγαθήν, ἵνα ἐν ᾧ (καταλαλεῖσθε *N(k)(o)*) (ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν, *KO*) καταισχυνθῶσιν οἱ ἐπηρεάζοντες ὑμῶν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστροφήν.

17 For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers;

κρεῖττον γὰρ ἀγαθοποιοῦντας, εἰ (θέλοι *N(k)O*) τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, πάσχειν ἢ κακοποιοῦντας·

18 for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in [the] Spirit,

ὅτι καὶ Χριστὸς ἅπαξ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν (ἔπαθεν, *NK(O)*) δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων, ἵνα (ὑμᾶς *N(K)O*) προσαγάγῃ τῷ θεῷ, θανατωθεὶς μὲν σαρκί, ζῳοποιηθεὶς δὲ (τῷ *k*) πνεύματι,

19 in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison,

ἐν ᾧ καὶ τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν πορευθεὶς ἐκήρυξεν

20 heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in [the] days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

ἀπειθήσασίν ποτε, ὅτε (ἀπεξεδέχετο *N(k)O*) ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ μακροθυμία ἐν ἡμέραις Νῶε κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτοῦ, εἰς ἣν (ὀλίγοι, *N(k)O*) τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ὀκτὼ ψυχαί, διεσώθησαν δι᾽ ὕδατος·

21 which figure also now saves you, [even] baptism, not a putting away of [the] filth of flesh, but [the] demand as before God of a good conscience, by [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ,

ὃ καὶ (ὑμᾶς *N(K)O*) ἀντίτυπον νῦν σῴζει βάπτισμα, οὐ σαρκὸς ἀπόθεσις ῥύπου, ἀλλὰ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα εἰς θεόν, δι᾽ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,

22 who is at [the] right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him.

ὅς ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ πορευθεὶς εἰς οὐρανόν, ὑποταγέντων αὐτῷ ἀγγέλων καὶ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ δυνάμεων.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark