1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman He said, 'Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.
Matthew 18:15'And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
Romans 7:2for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;
1 Corinthians 7:16for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
1 Corinthians 11:3and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of 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 →