1 Peter 3:1
So you also, wives, be subject to your own husbands, that them who have not obeyed the word, by your comely manners without labour you may win,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2while they see that with reverence and with chastity you conduct yourselves.
Cross References
Matthew 18:15NOW if thy brother offend against thee, go, and argue (the matter) between thyself and him alone; and if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Romans 7:2as a woman who is bound in law to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is freed from the law of her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:16For how knowest thou, wife, whether thou mayest save thy husband? Or knowest thou, man, if thy wife thou mayest save?
1 Corinthians 11:3But I would that you know that the Meshiha is the head of every man; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of the Meshiha is Aloha.
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 →