| 1 Peter 3:2 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. |
| ASV: | beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear. |
| BBE: | When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God. |
| DBY: | having witnessed your pure conversation carried out in fear; |
| ERV: | beholding your chaste behaviour coupled with fear. |
| WEY: | so full of reverence, and so blameless! |
| WBS: | While they behold your chaste manner of life coupled with fear. |
| WEB: | seeing your pure behavior in fear. |
| YLT: | having beheld your pure behaviour in fear, |
| 1 Peter 3:2 Cross References |
| XREF: | 1 Peter 3:1 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,
1 Peter 3:3 Your adornment must not be merely external-- braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 3:2 While they behold you chaste conduct. Your pure lives.
[Coupled] with fear. The shrinking from doing anything that is wrong. |
| WES: | 3:2 Joined with a loving fear of displeasing them. |
| MHC: | 3:1-7 The wife must discharge her duty to her own husband, though he obey not the word. We daily see how narrowly evil men watch the ways and lives of professors of religion. Putting on of apparel is not forbidden, but vanity and costliness in ornament. Religious people should take care that all their behaviour answers to their profession. But how few know the right measure and bounds of those two necessaries of life, food and raiment! Unless poverty is our carver, and cuts us short, there is scarcely any one who does not desire something beyond what is good for us. Far more are beholden to the lowliness of their state, than the lowliness of their mind; and many will not be so bounded, but lavish their time and money upon trifles. The apostle directs Christian females to put on something not corruptible, that beautifies the soul, even the graces of God's Holy Spirit. A true Christian's chief care lies in right ordering his own spirit. This will do more to fix the affections, and excite the esteem of a husband, than studied ornaments or fashionable apparel, attended by a froward and quarrelsome temper. Christians ought to do their duty to one another, from a willing mind, and in obedience to the command of God. Wives should be subject to their husbands, not from dread and amazement, but from desire to do well, and please God. The husband's duty to the wife implies giving due respect unto her, and maintaining her authority, protecting her, and placing trust in her. They are heirs together of all the blessings of this life and that which is to come, and should live peaceably one with another. Prayer sweetens their converse. And it is not enough that they pray with the family, but husband and wife together by themselves, and with their children. Those who are acquainted with prayer, find such unspeakable sweetness in it, that they will not be hindered therein. That you may pray much, live holily; and that you may live holily, be much in prayer. |
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