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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2when they see your respectful and pure conduct. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. |
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