1 Peter 3:1-12 ▼

1 In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives

2 when they see your pure and reverent lives.

3 Your beauty should not be an external one, consisting of braided hair or the wearing of gold ornaments and dresses.

4 Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.

5 After all, this is how holy women who set their hope on God used to make themselves beautiful in the past. They submitted themselves to their husbands,

6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters by doing good and by not letting anything terrify you.

7 In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate partner. Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.

8 Finally, all of you must live in harmony, be sympathetic, love as brothers, and be compassionate and humble.

9 Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, keep blessing them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.

10 |For the person who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

11 He must turn away from evil and do good. He must seek peace and pursue it.

12 For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong.|