1 Peter 3
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 5
Chapter Summary
1 He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other. 19 The benefits of Christ towards the old world.
Key Greek Words
People & Context
The Just One suffered for the unjust, made alive in Spirit, now at God's right hand [3:18-22]
Example of holy women: obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; believers are her children [3:6]
The husband whom Sarah obeyed, named as the patriarchal precedent [3:6]
In whose days God's long-suffering waited while the ark was prepared; eight souls saved [3:20]
Timeline
Wives should submit to their own husbands so that disobedient husbands may be won without a word through pure behavior. Adornment should not be outward but the hidden person of the heart — a meek and quiet spirit precious before God, as Sarah obeyed Abraham.
1 Peter 3:1-6Husbands should dwell with their wives according to knowledge, bestowing honor on the wife as a weaker vessel, recognizing they are co-heirs of the grace of life, so that their prayers are not cut off.
1 Peter 3:7All should be like-minded, sympathetic, loving, tenderhearted, and friendly. Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but give blessing. Whoever desires to love life should restrain his tongue from evil and pursue peace.
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