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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Peter 3 ISV</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><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="../">ISV</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 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/1_peter/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Wives and Husbands</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>when they see your pure and reverent lives.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your beauty should not be an external one, consisting of braided hair or the wearing of gold ornaments and dresses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:4 Lit. which is of great value before God">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>After all, this is how holy women who set their hope on God used to make themselves beautiful in the past. They submitted themselves to their husbands, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters by doing good and by not letting anything terrify you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate partner.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:7 Lit. with the weaker vessel">b</a></span> Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.</p> <p class="heading">When You are Wronged</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Finally, all of you must live in harmony, be sympathetic, love as brothers, and be compassionate and humble. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, keep blessing them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“For the person who wants to love life</p> <p class="poetry2">and see good days</p> <p class="poetry2">must keep his tongue from evil</p> <p class="poetry2">and his lips from speaking deceit.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He must turn away from evil and do good.</p> <p class="poetry2">He must seek peace and pursue it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the Lord<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 MT source citation reads LORD">c</a></span> watches the righteous,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 Lit. the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and he pays attention to their prayers.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 Lit. and his ears are attentive to their prayer">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">But the Lord<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 MT source citation reads LORD">f</a></span> opposes those<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 Lit. the face of the Lord is against">g</a></span> who do wrong.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 Cf. Ps 34:12-16">h</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who will harm you if you are devoted to doing what is good? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. “Never be afraid of their threats, and never get upset. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Instead, exalt<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:15 Or set apart">i</a></span> the Messiah”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:15 Or Christ; cf. Isa 8:12">j</a></span> as Lord in your lives.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:15 Lit. hearts">k</a></span> Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you to explain the hope you have. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But do this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:16 The Gk. lacks do this">l</a></span> gently and respectfully, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak evil of your good conduct in the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:16 Or Christ">m</a></span> will be ashamed of slandering you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:18 Or Christ">n</a></span> also suffered<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:18 Other mss. read died">o</a></span> for sins once for all,</p> <p class="poetry2">an innocent person for the guilty,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that he could bring you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:18 Other mss. read us">p</a></span> to God.</p> <p class="poetry2">He was put to death in a mortal body</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">but was brought to life by the Spirit,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Baptism, which is symbolized by that water, now saves you also, not by removing dirt from the body, but by asking God for a clear<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:21 Lit. clean">q</a></span> conscience based on the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:21 Or Christ">r</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 3:4 Lit. <i>which is of great value before God</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 3:7 Lit. <i>with the weaker vessel</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 3:12 MT source citation reads <i>LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 3:12 Lit. <i>the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 3:12 Lit. <i>and his ears are attentive to their prayer</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 3:12 MT source citation reads <i>LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 3:12 Lit. <i>the face of the Lord is against</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 3:12 Cf. Ps 34:12-16<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 3:15 Or <i>set apart</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 3:15 Or <i>Christ</i>; cf. 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