1Pe3:1 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any [of them] are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,
1Pe3:2 as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior.
1Pe3:3 And let not your adornment be [merely] external-- braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses;
1Pe3:4 but [let it be] the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
1Pe3:5 For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands.
1Pe3:6 Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.
1Pe3:7 You husbands likewise, live with [your wives] in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
1Pe3:8 To sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;
1Pe3:9 not returning evil for evil, or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.
1Pe3:10 For, "Let him who means to love life and see good days Refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile.
1Pe3:11 "And let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.
1Pe3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
1Pe3:13 And who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?
1Pe3:14 But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, [you are] blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled,
1Pe3:15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always [being] ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;
1Pe3:16 and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
1Pe3:17 For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.
1Pe3:18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, [the] just for [the] unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1Pe3:19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits [now] in prison,
1Pe3:20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through [the] water.
1Pe3:21 And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you-- not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience-- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1Pe3:22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.