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Tungkol sa Mag-asawa

(A) Sa gayunding paraan, kayong mga babae, pasakop kayo sa inyu-inyong asawa, upang kung sila'y hindi pa sumusunod sa salita, ay mahihikayat din sila kahit walang salita kapag nakita nila ang inyong magandang asal, at kapag nakita nila ang inyong pamumuhay na malinis at may takot sa Diyos. Ang (B) kagandahan ninyo ay huwag maging panlabas lamang tulad ng pag-aayos ng buhok at pagsusuot ng mga gintong alahas at mamahaling damit. Sa halip, ang pagandahin ninyo ay ang nakatagong pagkatao, isang hiyas na walang kupas, maamo at mapayapang diwa, bagay na napakahalaga sa paningin ng Diyos. Iyan ang kagandahang ipinakita ng mga banal na babae noong unang panahon. Umasa sila sa Diyos at nagpasakop sa kanilang mga asawa. Tulad (C) ni Sarah, sinunod niya at tinawag na panginoon ang asawa niyang si Abraham. Kayo rin ay mga anak ni Sarah kung tama ang inyong ginagawa at kayo'y hindi nagpapadaig sa takot.

(D) Sa gayunding paraan, kayong mga lalaki, unawain ninyo at pakitunguhan nang may paggalang ang inyong asawa, tulad sa mas mahinang kasangkapan. Sila'y inyong kapwa tagapagmana sa kaloob na walang hanggang buhay. Gawin ninyo ito at walang magiging sagabal sa inyong mga panalangin.

Pagdurusa Dahil sa Paggawa ng Mabuti

Bilang pagtatapos, magkaisa kayo at magdamayan, magmahalan kayo bilang magkakapatid, maging mahabagin at maging mapagpakumbaba. Huwag ninyong gantihan ng masama ang gawang masama. Huwag ninyong sumpain ang sumusumpa sa inyo. Sa halip, pagpalain ninyo sila sapagkat ito ang dahilan ng pagtawag sa inyo, at kayo'y tatanggap ng pagpapala. 10 Sapagkat, (E) sa nasusulat,

“Sinumang nagpapahalaga sa buhay,
    at nais makakita ng mabubuting araw,
    dila'y pigilin sa pagsasabi ng kasamaan.
    at sa kanyang labi'y dapat walang panlilinlang,
11 lumayo siya sa masama at gumawa ng kabutihan;
    hanapin niya ang kapayapaan, at ito'y kanyang sundan.
12 Ang mata ng Panginoo'y nakatuon sa mga matuwid,
    at ang kanilang panalangin ay kanyang dinirinig.
Ngunit sa mga taong gumagawa ng masama.
Panginoo'y nagagalit at hindi natutuwa.”

13 At sino naman ang gagawa ng masama sa inyo kung nagsisikap kayong gumawa ng mabuti? 14 Subalit (F) magdusa man kayo dahil sa paggawa ng mabuti, pinagpala kayo. Huwag kayong matakot at huwag kayong mag-alala sa maaari nilang gawin sa inyo. 15 (G) Sa inyong mga puso ay italaga ninyo si Cristo bilang Panginoon. Lagi kayong maging handang magtanggol sa harap ng sinumang humihingi sa inyo ng paliwanag tungkol sa pag-asang taglay ninyo. 16 Ngunit gawin ninyo ito nang mahinahon at magalang. Panatilihin ninyong malinis ang inyong budhi upang mapahiya ang sinumang humahamak sa inyong magandang asal bunga ng inyong pakikipag-isa kay Cristo. 17 Sapagkat mabuti pang magdusa sa paggawa ng mabuti, kung ito'y kalooban ng Diyos, kaysa magdusa dahil sa paggawa ng masama. 18 Sapagkat si Cristo ay minsan lamang namatay dahil sa mga kasalanan, siya na walang kasalanan para sa mga makasalanan upang maiharap kayo[a] sa Diyos. Namatay siya ayon sa laman, ngunit muling binuhay ayon sa espiritu. 19 Sa ganitong kalagayan, nagtungo siya at nangaral sa mga espiritung nakabilanggo, 20 mga (H) espiritung sumuway noong matiyagang naghihintay ang Diyos nang panahon ni Noe, habang ginagawa nito ang barko. Iilang tao, walo lamang noon ang nakaligtas sa pamamagitan ng tubig. 21 Ang tubig na iyon ang inilalarawan ng bautismong nagliligtas sa inyo ngayon. Hindi ito paglilinis ng dungis ng katawan kundi bilang paghiling sa Diyos ng isang malinis na budhi, sa pamamagitan ng muling pagkabuhay ni Cristo. 22 Siya'y umakyat sa langit at ngayo'y nasa kanan ng Diyos. Ang mga anghel, mga kapamahalaan at mga kapangyarihan ay nagpapasakop sa kanya.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Pedro 3:18 Sa ibang manuskrito tayo.

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves(A) to your own husbands(B) so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over(C) without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.(D) Rather, it should be that of your inner self,(E) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.(F) For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God(G) used to adorn themselves.(H) They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord.(I) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

Husbands,(J) in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Suffering for Doing Good

Finally, all of you, be like-minded,(K) be sympathetic, love one another,(L) be compassionate and humble.(M) Do not repay evil with evil(N) or insult with insult.(O) On the contrary, repay evil with blessing,(P) because to this(Q) you were called(R) so that you may inherit a blessing.(S) 10 For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
    and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”[a](T)

13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?(U) 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.(V) “Do not fear their threats[b]; do not be frightened.”[c](W) 15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer(X) to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope(Y) that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience,(Z) so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.(AA) 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will,(AB) to suffer for doing good(AC) than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once(AD) for sins,(AE) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.(AF) He was put to death in the body(AG) but made alive in the Spirit.(AH) 19 After being made alive,[d] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits(AI) 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently(AJ) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.(AK) In it only a few people, eight in all,(AL) were saved(AM) through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you(AN) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience(AO) toward God.[e] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(AP) 22 who has gone into heaven(AQ) and is at God’s right hand(AR)—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:12 Psalm 34:12-16
  2. 1 Peter 3:14 Or fear what they fear
  3. 1 Peter 3:14 Isaiah 8:12
  4. 1 Peter 3:19 Or but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also
  5. 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience

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;

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.