1 Peter 3:7

Likewise, ye husbands, dwelling with the wife according to knowledge, as the weaker vessel, extending to them honor, as indeed the equal heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers should not be hindered.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

In Context

6as Sarah submitted to Abraham, calling him Lord: whose children you have become, doing good, and not fearing any calamity.

8And finally, all being like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, merciful, humble:

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Cross References

Matthew 5:23Therefore if you may bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Matthew 19:3And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him; Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife for any cause?

1 Corinthians 7:3Let the husband give to the wife that which is due, and likewise the wife also to the husband.

Ephesians 3:6that the Gentiles are to be fellow-heirs, and the same body, and partakers of the promise of Christ Jesus through the gospel,

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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