1 Peter 3:1

Nashim (wives), submit similarly to your own ba'alim (husbands), that even if any anashim lack mishma'at (obedience) to the Dvar Hashem, they may be won without the Dvar through the hitnahagut (conduct) of their nashim,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2When they see your yirat Shomayim and your midas chasidus (quality of piety).

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Cross References

Genesis 3:16Unto HaIsha He said, 1 I will greatly multiply thy itzavon ([labor] pain) and thy childbearing; 1 in pain thou shalt bring forth banim; 1 and thy teshukah (longing, desire) shall be to thy husband, 1 and he shall rule over thee.

Proverbs 11:30The p'ri tzedek is Etz Chayyim, 1 and he that winneth nefashot is chacham (wise). 1

Matthew 18:15And if your Ach b'Moshiach sins against you, go and reprove him in private, just between the two of you; if he listens to you, you have gained your Ach b'Moshiach.

Romans 7:2For the agunah (woman whose husbandʼs whereabouts are unknown) is bound by the gezetz to her husband while he lives; but in the case that her husbandʼs death can be confirmed, she is no longer an agunah and is released from the gezetz of her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:16For how do you know, isha, if you will not bring your basherter (destined mate), your ba'al, to Yeshu'at Eloheinu?

1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to have da'as that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is the rosh (head) of every one of the Bnei Adam, and the rosh of an isha is the ben Adam (Man, Ba'al), + 11:3 Gn 3:16 and the rosh of Moshiach is Hashem. + 11:3 Gn 3:16

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 →

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