1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, ye wives,—submitting yourselves unto your own husbands; in order that, if any are not yielding unto the word, through their wives behaviour, they may, without the word, be won,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Having been permitted to behold your reverently chaste behaviour,—
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou bear children,—Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy longing, Though, he, rule over thee.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous, is a tree of life, and, he that rescueth souls, is wise.
Matthew 18:15But, if thy brother sin, withdraw, convince him, betwixt thee and him, alone,—If unto thee he hearken, thou hast gained thy brother;
Romans 7:2For, the married woman, unto her living husband is bound by law; but, if her husband have died, she hath received a full release from the law of her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:16For how knowest thou, O woman, whether, thy husband, thou shalt save? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether, thy wife, thou shalt save?
1 Corinthians 11:3But I wish you to know—that, the head of every man, is, the Christ, and, the head of a woman, is, the man; and, the head of the Christ, is, God.
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 →