New Testament · Letters

1 Peter chapter 3

In the same way, wives, of your own husbands—so that even if some of them refuse to trust , they may be won over without a word through the way their wives live,when they see how you live, with and a life that is .Don’t let your be about the external stuff—braided hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes.Instead, let it be —the unfading beauty of a , which is incredibly valuable to God.This is exactly how the women of the past who used to make themselves beautiful—by placing themselves under the lead of their own husbands.Like Sarah, who followed Abraham’s lead and called him her . You’ve become her daughters by doing what’s right and .Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives . Show her honor as and as an , so that nothing gets in the way of your prayers.Finally, all of you: , , , be , and be .Don’t pay back evil with evil or insult with insult. Instead, respond with a good word for them, because this is what you were to—so that you would .Because: “Whoever wants to and experience good days must keep their tongue from speaking evil and their lips from telling lies.They must turn away from what’s wrong and do what’s right. They must pursue and chase after it.Because watches over those who do right, and he listens to their cries for help. But he those who do evil.”And who’s going to harm you if you’re ?But even if you do suffer for doing what’s right, . Don’t be afraid of their and don’t let them shake you.Instead, as ultimate in your hearts. Always be ready to give a thoughtful answer to anyone who asks you about the that drives you—but do it with gentleness and respect,keeping a . That way, when people trash-talk you, the ones slandering your will end up being the ones who are put to shame.After all, it’s better to suffer for doing good——than for doing wrong.Because The One himself ——to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by ,through which he also went and to the —those who disobeyed long ago when in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it, only a few people—eight in all—were the water.And this water symbolizes the that now you—not the washing off of physical dirt, but —through the resurrection of Jesus, .He has gone into heaven and is at —with now .