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1 Peter 3 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Submission to Husbands
Serving and Suffering for God’s Glory
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1 - Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:2 - when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:3 - Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:4 - rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:5 - For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:6 - as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
A Word to Husbands
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
Called to Blessing
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:8 - Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For

“He who would love life
And see good days,
Let him
refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - Let him turn away from evil and do good;
Let him seek peace and pursue it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 - For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
And His ears
are open to their prayers;
But the face of the LORD
is against those who do evil.”[fn]
Suffering for Right and Wrong
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:13 - And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:14 - But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:15 - But sanctify the Lord God[fn] in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:16 - having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 - For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
Christ’s Suffering and Ours
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18 - For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us[fn] to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited[fn] in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:21 - There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:22 - who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text reads humble.
Psalm 34:12–16
Isaiah 8:12
NU-Text reads Christ as Lord.
NU-Text and M-Text read you.
NU-Text and M-Text read when the longsuffering of God waited patiently.
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