1 Peter 3:1
Wives, be subject to your own husbands in like manner, that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won through the behavior of the wives without the word,
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In Context
2having beheld your pure behavior in fear,
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman He said, “Multiplying I multiply your sorrow and your conception; you will bear children in sorrow, and your desire [is] toward your Man [[ or husband]], and He [[ or he]] will rule over you.”
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, || And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
Matthew 18:15And if your brother may sin against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone, if he may hear you, you gained your brother;
Romans 7:2For the married woman to the living husband has been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she has been free from the law of the husband;
1 Corinthians 7:16for what, have you known, O wife, whether you will save the husband? Or what, have you known, O husband, whether you will save the wife?
1 Corinthians 11:3and I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:1
Wherein the apostle describes the duties of husbands and wives one to another, beginning with the duty of the wife, ver. 1-7 . He exhorts Christians to unity, love, compassion, peace, and patience under sufferings; to oppose the slanders of their enemies, not by returning evil for evil, or railing for railing, but by blessing; by a ready account of their faith and hope, and by keeping a good conscience, ver. 8-17 . To encourage them to this, he proposes the example of Christ, who suffered, the just for the unjust,… Read the whole commentary →