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1 Peter 3:1-4 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 3 · verses 1–4 · King James Version
1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.1 Peter 3:1-4 · King James Version
1 Peter 3:1-4 in context
1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Commentary
Cross references
- Colossians 3:18
- Ephesians 5:33
- Ephesians 5:22-24
- Titus 2:3-6
- 1 Corinthians 11:3
- 1 Corinthians 7:16
- 1 Timothy 2:9-10
- Romans 12:2
- Isaiah 3:18-24
- Titus 2:3-15
- Colossians 3:12
- 1 Samuel 16:7
Key words (Strong's)
- conversationanastrophēmanner of life, conduct, behaviour, deportmentG391 →
- corruptibleaphthartosuncorrupted, not liable to corruption or decay, imperishable, of things, immortal, of the…G862 →
- subjectionhypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- Likewisehomoiōslikewise, equally, in the same wayG3668 →
- husbandsanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- adorningkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- withoutaneuwithout one s will or interventionG427 →
- outwardexōthenfrom without, outwardG1855 →
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The apostle having treated of the duties of subjects to their sovereigns, and of servants to their masters, proceeds to explain the duty of husbands and wives. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7