1 Peter 3:2

when they see, that ye conduct yourselves with reverence and chastity.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

In Context

1So also ye wives, be ye subject to your husbands; that, by your pleasing behavior, ye may gain over, without difficulty, those who obey not the word,

3And adorn not yourselves with the external ornaments of curls of the hair, or of golden trinkets, or of costly garments.

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Cross References

Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear, and with trepidation, and with simplicity of heart, as unto the Messiah.

Philippians 3:20But our concern is with heaven; and from thence we expect our Vivifier, our Lord, Jesus the Messiah;

1 Timothy 4:12And let no one despise thy youth; but be thou a pattern for the believers, in speech, and in behavior, and in love, and in faith, and in purity.

1 Peter 2:12And let your behavior be decorous before all men; so that they who utter evil speeches against you, may see your good actions, and may praise God in the day of trial.

1 Peter 3:15but sanctify the Lord the Messiah, in your hearts. And be ye ready for a vindication, before every one who demandeth of you an account of the hope of your faith,

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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