1 Peter 3:1–7
Peter speaks to wives and husbands about conduct, inner beauty, and treatment
Study it word by word1Likewise, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some disobey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
2when they observe your pure conduct in fear.
3Let your adornment not be the outward kind: the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry or the wearing of clothes,
4but the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
5For so once also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, submitting to their own husbands,
6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him master; whose children you have become if you do good and do not fear any terror.
7Husbands, likewise, live with them with understanding, as with a weaker vessel, the woman, showing honor, as also fellow heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
In its context
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8Finally, all of you be like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, humble,
9not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.
Its words in the original
- ὉμοίωςHomoiōs· likewise
In the same way, likewise.
- γυναῖκεςgynaikes· woman, wife
Woman; with a possessive, wife.
- ὑποτασσόμεναιhypotassomenai· subject, submit
Put under, subject; in the passive or middle, be subject, submit oneself, obey.
- ἰδίοιςidiois· own
One's own, his own.
- ἀνδράσινandrasin· man, husband
Man, adult male; with a possessive, "husband".
- ἀπειθοῦσινapeithousin· disobey
Disobey, refuse to be persuaded.
- λόγῳlogōi· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- ἀναστροφῆςanastrophēs· conduct, way of life
Conduct, the way one lives day by day.
- ἄνευaneu· without
Without.
- κερδηθήσονταιkerdēthēsontai· gain
Gain, win.
- ἐποπτεύσαντεςepopteusantes· observe
Observe, watch closely, see for oneself.
- φόβῳphobōi· fear
Fear; also reverent respect.
- ἁγνὴνhagnēn· pure
Pure, clean, without stain in one's conduct.
- ἔστωestō· be
Be, exist.
- ἔξωθενexōthen· outside
From outside, on the outside.
- ἐμπλοκῆςemplokēs· braiding
Braiding of the hair.
- τριχῶνtrichōn· hair
Hair.
- περιθέσεωςperitheseōs· putting on
Putting on, wearing, as of jewelry.
- χρυσίωνchrysiōn· gold
Gold; something made of gold, a gold coin.
- ἐνδύσεωςendyseōs· putting on
Putting on, wearing of clothing.
- ἱματίωνhimatiōn· cloak, clothes
Cloak, the outer garment; in the plural, clothes.
- κόσμοςkosmos· world
World: what God created; also humanity, and humanity living with its back turned to God.
- κρυπτὸςkryptos· hidden, secret
Hidden, secret; "in secret", where no one sees.
- καρδίαςkardias· heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
- ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- ἀφθάρτῳaphthartōi· imperishable
Imperishable, incorruptible.
- πραέωςpraeōs· gentle, meek
Gentle, meek: mild and humble, not imposing oneself by force.
- ἡσυχίουhēsychiou· quiet, calm
Quiet, calm, peaceable.
- πνεύματοςpneumatos· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- ἐνώπιονenōpion· before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- πολυτελέςpolyteles· very costly
Very expensive, of great value.
- ποτεpote· once, formerly
Once, formerly; ever, at some time.
- ἅγιαιhagiai· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- ἐλπίζουσαιelpizousai· hope
Hope, put one's hope in something or someone.
- ἐκόσμουνekosmoun· adorn, put in order
Adorn, decorate; put in order, set in order, trim.
- ΣάρραSarra· Sarah
Sarah: the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
- ὑπήκουσενhypēkousen· obey
Obey; also listen, answer a knock at the door.
- ἈβραάμAbraam· Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
- κύριονkyrion· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- καλοῦσαkalousa· call
Call; name; invite.
- ἐγενήθητεegenēthēte· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- τέκναtekna· child
Child, son, daughter.
- ἀγαθοποιοῦσαιagathopoiousai· do good
To do good.
- φοβούμεναιphoboumenai· fear, be afraid
Fear, be afraid; also show reverent respect.
- μηδεμίανmēdemian· no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
- πτόησινptoēsin· terror, fear
Terror, fear, alarm.
- συνοικοῦντεςsynoikountes· live with
Live together with someone.
- γνῶσινgnōsin· knowledge
Knowledge.
- ἀσθενεστέρῳasthenesterōi· weak, sick
Weak; sick.
- σκεύειskeuei· vessel, object
Vessel, object; in the plural, goods, belongings.
- γυναικείῳgynaikeiōi· female, feminine
Female, of a woman.
- ἀπονέμοντεςaponemontes· show, assign
Assign, give what is due.
- τιμήνtimēn· honor, price
Price; also honor.
- συγκληρονόμοιςsynklēronomois· fellow heir
Fellow heir: someone who inherits together with another.
- χάριτοςcharitos· grace
Grace, favor.
- ζωῆςzōēs· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- ἐγκόπτεσθαιenkoptesthai· hinder
Hinder, block someone's way.
- προσευχὰςproseuchas· prayer
Prayer.