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that, if any obey not the word, they may, without the word, be won by the conduct of their wives, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>by observing your blameless and reverential conduct. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let not your adorning be that which is outward, which consists in plaiting the hair, and wearing gold, and putting on apparel: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but let it be the hidden man of the heart, adorned with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For, in former times, the holy women also, who trusted in God, thus adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: and you are her children, if you do good, and fear no dismay.<CM><p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, bestowing honor on the wife as the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.<CM><p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Turning from Evil<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Finally, be all of the same mind, be sympathizing, lovers of the brethren, kind-hearted, humble-minded; <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>not repaying evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the other hand, blessing, since you know that for this end you were called, that you might inherit blessing.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For he that will love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>let him turn from evil and do good: let him seek peace, and pursue it.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.<CM><p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Suffering for Righteousness<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But yet, if you even suffer for righteousness, happy are you. Yet fear not their terror, nor be troubled: <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but reverence the Lord God in your hearts, and be always ready to answer every one that asks of you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>having a good conscience, that, inasmuch as they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who traduce your good conduct in Christ.<CM> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For it is better, if such be the will of God, that you suffer for doing good, than for doing evil. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For Christ also once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, having been put to death in flesh, but made alive in spirit; <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>who formerly were disobedient, when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls, were brought in safety through the water; <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the likeness of which, even immersion, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking of a good conscience toward God,) does now also save us, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having become subject to him.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Anderson's New Testament (1865)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_peter/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Peter 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Peter 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_peter/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Peter 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Peter 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>