1 Peter 3:2
When they behold your chaste and reverent behaviour.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
In Context
Cross References
Ephesians 6:5Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;
Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven; from whence we eagerly look for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Timothy 4:12Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves righteously among the Gentiles: that, though they speak against you as evildoers, they may behold your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation.
1 Peter 3:15But set apart Christ as Lord in your hearts: and always be ready to give an answer to every man who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you; but do it with gentleness and respect,
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 →