1 Pedro 3:6

6 como Sara, que obedecia a Abraão e o chamava senhor. Dela vocês serão filhas, se praticarem o bem e não derem lugar ao medo.

1 Pedro 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Peter 3:6

Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham
Going along with him wherever he went, as from Chaldea to Canaan, and into Egypt, and the land of the Philistines, saying the words he put into her mouth, ( Genesis 12:5 Genesis 12:11 Genesis 12:13 ) and doing the things he bid her do, ( Genesis 18:6 ) "calling him lord"; or "my lord", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, and as it appears she did from ( Genesis 18:12 ) . The Jews use this instance to the same purpose the apostle does, saying ^F16,

``the wife ought to take care of the family, to educate her children, to serve and minister to her husband in all things, "calling him her own lord"; which is what we learn from the example of Sarah, who called Abraham her lord, saying, "my lord is old".''

Whose daughters ye are;
meaning not by natural descent, though they were, these being Jews the apostle writes to, but by grace, and in a spiritual sense; just as those are the children of Abraham, who walk in the steps of his faith, whether they be Jews or Gentiles; so such are the daughters of Sarah, the children of the free woman, who imitate her in faith and obedience; that is, they appear, and are declared to be so:

as long as ye do well:
do acts of beneficence and hospitality to strangers, and proper objects, as Sarah did, and all and every good work, according to the will of God, from love, and in faith, and with a view to his glory; and particularly obey and live in subjection to their husbands, as she did: and are not afraid with any amazement; are not deterred from doing well, nor scared by the terrors and menaces of wicked men, either their own husbands, or others; or who with fortitude and intrepidity of mind continue in the discharge of their duty to God and men, and particularly to their husbands, following them, and obeying their lawful commands, as Sarah did in Egypt, and in Gerar, though she exposed herself to great danger: this is said, because women are timorous, and apt to be frightened at everything, from the performance of their duty.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Sepher Musar apud Drus. de Quaesitis, Ep. 54. & in loc.

1 Pedro 3:6 In-Context

4 Ao contrário, esteja no ser interior, que não perece, beleza demonstrada num espírito dócil e tranquilo, o que é de grande valor para Deus.

5 Pois era assim que também costumavam adornar-se as santas mulheres do passado, cuja esperança estava em Deus. Elas se sujeitavam cada uma a seu marido,

6 como Sara, que obedecia a Abraão e o chamava senhor. Dela vocês serão filhas, se praticarem o bem e não derem lugar ao medo.

7 Do mesmo modo vocês, maridos, sejam sábios no convívio com suas mulheres e tratem-nas com honra, como parte mais frágil e co-herdeiras do dom da graça da vida, de forma que não sejam interrompidas as suas orações.

8 Quanto ao mais, tenham todos o mesmo modo de pensar, sejam compassivos, amem-se fraternalmente, sejam misericordiosos e humildes.