1 Peter 3:2,5 - Compare All Versions

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when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands

when they see your respectful and pure conduct.

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands

by observing your pure and reverent lives.

This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands.

when they observe your pure, reverent lives.

For in the past, the holy  women who put their hope  in God also adorned themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands

while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands

when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands

The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition.

Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands. Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as “my dear husband.” You’ll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.

as they observe your pure and respectful behavior.

For in this way the holy women of former times, who hoped in God, also used to adorn themselves, being subject to their own husbands

when they see your modest and respectful behavior [together with your devotion and appreciation—love your husband, encourage him, and enjoy him as a blessing from God].

For in this way in former times the holy women, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands and adapting themselves to them

when they see your pure and reverent conduct.

For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands