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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
Pet 3:1-22
CHAPTER 3:
Wives, likewise,
be submissive to your own husbands, that even
if some do not
obey the word, they, without a word, may be
won by the conduct
of their wives,
when they observe
your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.
Do not let your
adornment be merely outward-- arranging the
hair, wearing
gold, or putting on fine apparel--
rather let it
be the hidden person of the heart, with the
incorruptible
beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very
precious in the
sight of God.
For in this manner,
in former times, the holy women who trusted
in God also adorned
themselves, being submissive to their own
husbands,
as Sarah obeyed
Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters
you are if you
do good and are not afraid with any terror.
Husbands, likewise,
dwell with them with understanding, giving
honor to the
wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the
grace of life, that your prayers may not be
hindered.
Finally, all of
you be of one mind, having compassion for one
another; love
as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
not returning
evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the
contrary blessing,
knowing that you were called to this, that you
may inherit a
blessing.
For "He who would
love life and see good days, let him refrain
his tongue from
evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
Let him turn
away from evil and do good; let him seek peace
and pursue it.
For the eyes of
the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are
open to their
prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those
who do evil."
And who is he
who will harm you if you become followers of
what is good?
But even if you
should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are
blessed. "And
do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled."
But sanctify
the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready
to give a defense
to everyone who asks you a reason for the
hope that is
in you, with meekness and fear;
having a good
conscience, that when they defame you as
evildoers, those
who revile your good conduct in Christ may be
ashamed.
For it is better,
if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good
than for doing
evil.
For Christ also
suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that
He might bring
us to God, being put to death in the flesh but
made alive by
the Spirit,
by whom also
He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
who formerly
were disobedient, when once the Divine
longsuffering
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was
being prepared,
in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved
through water.
There is also
an antitype which now saves us-- baptism (not the
removal of the
filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward
God), through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ,
who has gone
into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels
and authorities
and powers having been made subject to Him.
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