1 Peter 3:5

This is how holy women of the past who put their confidence in God made themselves beautiful, yielding to their husbands,

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

4instead let it come from within, the lasting attractiveness of a gentle and peaceful spirit on the inside. That's what God values.

6like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, and called him “lord.” You are her daughters if you do what's good and right and are not intimidated.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed, “I'm so happy in the Lord! He has empowered me! Now I have plenty to say in answer to those who hate me. I celebrate your salvation!

Proverbs 31:30Charm can deceive, and beauty fades, but a woman who honors the Lord should be praised.

Luke 2:37and then she had been widowed. She was eighty-four years old. She spent her time at the Temple in worship, fasting and praying.

Acts 1:14They all joined together in prayer, together with the women and Mary, Jesus' mother, and his brothers.

1 Timothy 2:10but by the good things they do—as is appropriate for women who claim to follow God.

1 Timothy 5:5Now a real widow, having no family, alone and without support, puts her hope in God and prays for help night and day.

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 →

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