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Wives and Husbands

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then,[a] even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,[b] when they see your pure and reverent conduct.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:1 tn Grk “that…they may be won over,” showing the purpose of “being subject” (vs. 1b). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  2. 1 Peter 3:1 tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”
  3. 1 Peter 3:2 tn Grk “behavior,” the same word translated “the way you live” in vs. 1.

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.

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