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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Peter 3 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_peter/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_peter/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > 1 Peter 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_peter/2.htm" title="1 Peter 2">◄</a> 1 Peter 3 <a href="../1_peter/4.htm" title="1 Peter 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_peter/3-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Wives and Husbands<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../songs/1.htm">Song of Solomon 1:1–17</a>; <a href ="../ephesians/5.htm#22">Ephesians 5:22–33</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Similarly also, wives should be subject to their husbands, so that, even if some do not believe the Word, they may benefit without the Word, through the behavior of these wives, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>as they consider with fear your chaste behavior. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For you, there should be no unnecessary adornment of the hair, or surrounding with gold, or the wearing of ornate clothing. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, rich in the sight of God. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For in this way, in past times also, holy women adorned themselves, hoping in God, being subject to their own husbands. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For so Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her daughters, well-behaved and unafraid of any disturbance.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.<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>And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For whoever wants to love life and to see good days should restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, so that they utter no deceit.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Let him turn away 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 just, and his ears are with their prayers, but the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And who is it who can harm you, if you are zealous in what 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>And yet, even when you suffer something for the sake of justice, you are blessed. So then, do not be afraid with their fear, and do not be disturbed. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But do so with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, so that, in whatever matter they may slander you, they shall be confounded, since they falsely accuse your good behavior in Christ. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, 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 died once for our sins, the Just One on behalf of the unjust, so that he might offer us to God, having died, certainly, in the flesh, but having been enlivened by the Spirit. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And in the Spirit, he preached to those who were in prison, going to those souls <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>who had been unbelieving in past times, while they waited for the patience of God, as in the days of Noah, when the ark was being built. In that ark, a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And now you also are saved, in a similar manner, by baptism, not by the testimony of sordid flesh, but by the examination of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_peter/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He is at the right hand of God, devouring death, so that we may be made heirs to eternal life. And since he has journeyed to heaven, the Angels and powers and virtues are subject to him.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><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>