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Wives, in a similar way, place yourselves under your husbands' authority. Some husbands may not obey God's word. Their wives could win these men [for Christ] by the way they live without saying anything.
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Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are.
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Wives must not let their beauty be something external. Beauty doesn't come from hairstyles, gold jewelry, or clothes.
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Rather, beauty is something internal that can't be destroyed. Beauty expresses itself in a gentle and quiet attitude which God considers precious.
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After all, this is how holy women who had confidence in God expressed their beauty in the past. They placed themselves under their husbands' authority
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as Sarah did. Sarah obeyed Abraham and spoke to him respectfully. You became Sarah's daughters by not letting anything make you afraid to do good.