1 Peter 3:2
recognizing your pure and reverent behavior.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
In Context
3Don't focus on outward attractiveness—hairstyles, gold jewelry, or fashionable clothes—
Cross References
Ephesians 6:5Servants, obey those who are your human masters, with proper respect and awe, doing things from sincere motives as if you were serving Christ.
Philippians 3:20But our homeland is heaven, and we're waiting for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from there too.
1 Timothy 4:12Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young. Be an example to those who trust in God—in the way you speak, the kind of life you live, in love, in trust, and in purity.
1 Peter 2:12Be sure to act appropriately when you're with non-Christians, so even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see the good things you do and glorify God when he comes.
1 Peter 3:15just keep your mind focused on Christ as Lord. Always be ready to explain to anyone who asks you the reason for the hope that you have. Do this in a gentle and respectful way.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:2-8
Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet… Read the whole commentary →