1 Peter 3:1-7 (Lexham English Bible)

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Wives and Husbands

1 In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2 [when they]^a see your respectful, pure conduct. 3 Let your^b adornment not be the external [kind], braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on [fine] clothing, 4 but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable [quality] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God. 5 For in the [same] way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves [by]^c being subject to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you]^d do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror. 7 Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}^e, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

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