1 Peter 3:7
Good News Translation
In the same way you husbands must live with your wives with the proper understanding that they are more delicate than you. Treat them with respect, because they also will receive, together with you, God's gift of life. Do this so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.

New Revised Standard Version
Husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives in your life together, paying honor to the woman as the weaker sex, since they too are also heirs of the gracious gift of life—so that nothing may hinder your prayers.

Contemporary English Version
If you are a husband, you should be thoughtful of your wife. Treat her with honor, because she isn't as strong as you are, and she shares with you in the gift of life. Then nothing will stand in the way of your prayers.

New American Bible
Likewise, you husbands should live with your wives in understanding, showing honor to the weaker female sex, since we are joint heirs of the gift of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered.

ye.

Genesis 2:23,24 And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. . . .

Proverbs 5:15-19 Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters. . . .

Malachi 2:14-16 And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant. . . .

Matthew 19:3-9 And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? . . .

1 Corinthians 7:3 Let the husband render the debt to his wife: and the wife also in like manner to the husband.

Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them.

Ephesians 5:25-28,33 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it: . . .

giving.

1 Corinthians 12:22-24 Yea, much, more those that seem to be the more feeble members of the body are more necessary . . .

1 Thessalonians 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour,

heirs.

Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel

Titus 3:7 That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs according to hope of life everlasting.

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?

that.

Job 42:8 Take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust, and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath.

Matthew 5:23,24 If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath anything against thee; . . .

Matthew 18:19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.

Romans 8:26,27 Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity. For, we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings, . . .

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Ephesians 6:18 By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:

Context
Wives and Husbands
6As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, doing well and not fearing any disturbance. 7Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered. 8And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:…
Cross References
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it:

Ephesians 5:28
So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular love for his wife as himself: And let the wife fear her husband.

Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them.

1 Thessalonians 4:4
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour,

1 Peter 3:1
In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives,

1 Peter 3:6
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