1 Peter 3
EasyEnglish Bible
Wives and husbands
3 I need to speak to you wives. You should each respect the authority of your own husband. Even if your husband does not believe God's message about Jesus Christ, you should still respect him. If you do that, he may then turn to God and believe his message. You will not need to tell him what is true. He will see the good way that you live. 2 He will see that you obey God and that you do things that are completely good.
3 Think about what makes you beautiful. The way that you prepare your hair does not really make you beautiful. Gold things or beautiful clothes do not make you beautiful. 4 Do not just think about your body, but think about what you are really like inside yourself. Be patient and do not become angry easily. Then you will always continue to be beautiful. If you are beautiful in your spirit, God likes that very much. 5 That was how holy women made themselves beautiful many years ago. They trusted God that he would help them. They respected the authority of their husbands. 6 Sarah was a woman like that. She obeyed her husband, Abraham. She called him, ‘My master’. So you wives also should do what is right. Do not let anything make you afraid. Then you will be like true daughters of Sarah.[a]
7 You husbands must also respect your wives. Be kind to your wife and help her. Remember that she is not as strong as you are. Because God is very kind, she has received his gift of true life, as you have. So you should respect her. Then God will answer you when you pray to him.
Christians must be ready to have trouble
8 Now I want to say this to you before I finish my letter. All of you should agree with each other in what you think. You should try to understand how other people are feeling. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be kind to each other. Do not think that you are more important than other people. 9 If people do bad things to you, do not do anything bad to them in return. If people insult you, do not insult them in return. Instead, pray that God will bless those people. That is what God wants you to do. Then you will receive the gift of God's blessing. 10 The Bible says this:
‘Do you want to enjoy your life?
Do you want to be happy?
Then you must be careful not to say evil things.
Do not tell any lies.
11 Stop doing evil things.
Instead, do things that are good.
Try to be friends with people.
Help people to live in peace with each other.
12 Remember that the Lord God sees what everyone does.
He takes care of people who do what is right.
When they pray, he listens to them.
But the Lord God turns against people who do evil things.’[b]
13 If you always try to do good things, then nobody should hurt you. 14 But somebody might give you trouble, even when you do what is right. If that happens, God will bless you. So do not be afraid of what people may do to you. Do not worry about it. 15 Instead, always remember that Christ is your Lord. Let him rule how you live. People may ask you, ‘Why do you trust God to help you?’ You must always be ready to answer them about that. 16 But when you tell them, be kind and polite. Do only what you know is right. Then those people will see that you live in a good way because you believe in Christ. When they say bad things against you they will become ashamed. 17 Sometimes God may let you have trouble and pain even when you have done good things. But that is better than if you have trouble and pain because you have done bad things.
18 Christ himself always did what was right. But he received pain on behalf of people who do what is wrong. He died once to take away all those wrong things. He did that to bring you near to God. People killed Christ's body, but God's Spirit made him alive again. 19 Like this, he went to the spirits who were in prison. He told them God's true message. 20 Those were the spirits of people who had refused to obey God long ago. At that time God waited patiently for them to turn to him while Noah was building a large ship. But only a few people agreed to go into that ship. God saved only eight people when the ship sailed on the deep water.[c] 21 That shows how God now saves you. It is like a picture of baptism. The water of baptism does not wash dirt from a person's body. Instead, it shows that a person has decided to obey God. He is choosing to do what is right. That saves you, because Jesus Christ became alive again after his death. 22 After that, Jesus went into heaven. Now he is sitting at God's right side. He rules over angels and over everything that has authority and power.[d]
Footnotes
- 3:6 Abraham was the ancestor of Israel's people. Sarah was his wife. See Genesis 11:27—23:20.
- 3:12 See Psalms 34:12-16.
- 3:20 The story about Noah and the large ship starts in Genesis 6. The ‘spirits who were in prison’ may mean all the people who drowned in the water. Or it may mean the angels who did not obey God.
- 3:22 The right side means the most important place. It shows that Jesus has the same authority as his Father.
1 Peter 3
English Standard Version
Wives and Husbands
3 Likewise, wives, (A)be subject to your own husbands, so that (B)even if some do not obey the word, (C)they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they see your (D)respectful and pure conduct. 3 (E)Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be (F)the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, (G)calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and (H)do not fear anything that is frightening.
7 Likewise, (I)husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker (J)vessel, since they are heirs with you[a] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Suffering for Righteousness' Sake
8 Finally, all of you, (K)have unity of mind, sympathy, (L)brotherly love, (M)a tender heart, and (N)a humble mind. 9 (O)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, (P)bless, for (Q)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 10 For
(R)“Whoever desires to love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit;
11 let him turn away from evil and do good;
let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
13 Now (S)who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 (T)But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. (U)Have no fear of them, (V)nor be troubled, 15 but (W)in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, (X)always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and (Y)respect, 16 (Z)having a good conscience, so that, (AA)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For (AB)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also (AC)suffered[b] (AD)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, (AE)that he might bring us to God, being put to death (AF)in the flesh but made alive (AG)in the spirit, 19 in which[c] he went and (AH)proclaimed[d] to the spirits in prison, 20 because[e] they formerly did not obey, (AI)when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, (AJ)while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, (AK)eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, (AL)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but (AM)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, (AN)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and (AO)is at the right hand of God, (AP)with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 3:7 Some manuscripts since you are joint heirs
- 1 Peter 3:18 Some manuscripts died
- 1 Peter 3:19 Or the Spirit, in whom
- 1 Peter 3:19 Or preached
- 1 Peter 3:20 Or when
1 Petru 3
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Îndemnuri pentru soţii şi soţi
3 La fel şi voi, soţiilor, supuneţi-vă soţilor voştri, astfel încât, chiar dacă unii dintre ei sunt neascultători faţă de Cuvânt, să fie câştigaţi fără Cuvânt, prin purtarea soţiilor lor, 2 văzând felul vostru de viaţă curat şi în reverenţă. 3 Frumuseţea voastră să nu constea în împodobirea exterioară prin împletirea părului, purtarea de bijuterii de aur sau îmbrăcarea de haine fine, 4 ci în omul ascuns al inimii, în caracterul nepieritor al unui duh blând şi liniştit, care este foarte preţios înaintea lui Dumnezeu. 5 Căci astfel se împodobeau odinioară sfintele femei, care nădăjduiau în Dumnezeu, fiind supuse soţilor lor, 6 precum Sara, care a ascultat de Avraam şi l-a numit „domn“. Copilele ei aţi devenit voi, când faceţi binele şi nu vă este frică de nici o intimidare.
7 La fel şi voi, soţilor, convieţuiţi cu înţelepciune cu acest vas mai slab, femeia, acordându-le onoare ca unora care vor fi moştenitoare ale harului vieţii împreună cu voi, pentru a nu fi împiedicate rugăciunile voastre.
A suferi din cauza dreptăţii
8 În cele din urmă, toţi să aveţi aceeaşi gândire, să simţiţi unii cu alţii, să aveţi dragoste de fraţi, să fiţi plini de compasiune, să aveţi o gândire smerită, 9 să nu întoarceţi rău pentru rău sau insultă pentru insultă, ci, dimpotrivă, binecuvântaţi, pentru că la aceasta aţi fost chemaţi, să moşteniţi binecuvântarea!
10 „Căci cel ce doreşte să aibă parte de viaţă
şi vrea să vadă zile bune
să-şi păzească limba de rău
şi buzele – de cuvinte înşelătoare!
11 Să renunţe la rău şi să facă binele!
Să caute pacea şi s-o urmărească!
12 Căci ochii Domnului sunt peste cei drepţi,
iar urechile Lui iau aminte la rugăciunea lor.
Faţa Domnului însă este împotriva celor ce săvârşesc răul!“[a]
13 Şi cine vă va face rău, dacă voi sunteţi plini de râvnă pentru bine? 14 Dar, chiar dacă aţi suferi din cauza dreptăţii, este ferice de voi! „Să nu vă temeţi de ce se tem ei[b] şi nu vă tulburaţi“[c], 15 ci sfinţiţi-L în inimile voastre pe Cristos ca Domn! Fiţi întotdeauna pregătiţi să răspundeţi oricui vă întreabă despre motivul nădejdii care este în voi, 16 dar cu blândeţe şi cu teamă, având o conştiinţă bună, pentru ca, în ceea ce sunteţi vorbiţi de rău, cei ce vă defăimează să fie făcuţi de ruşine datorită purtării voastre bune în Cristos. 17 Căci este mai bine, dacă aşa cere voia lui Dumnezeu, să suferiţi atunci când faceţi binele, decât atunci când faceţi răul. 18 Căci şi Cristos a suferit o dată pentru totdeauna pentru păcate – El, Cel Drept, pentru cei nedrepţi – ca să vă aducă la Dumnezeu. El a fost dat la moarte în trup, dar a fost făcut viu prin Duhul, 19 în Care, de asemenea, S-a dus şi le-a predicat duhurilor din închisoare, 20 care odinioară nu ascultaseră, atunci când îndelunga răbdare a lui Dumnezeu era în aşteptare, în zilele lui Noe, când era construită arca, în care numai puţini, şi anume opt suflete, au fost salvate prin apă; 21 aceasta este o imagine a botezului, care vă mântuieşte acum – el nu este o îndepărtare a murdăriei de pe trup, ci răspunsul[d] unei conştiinţe bune înaintea lui Dumnezeu – prin învierea lui Isus Cristos, 22 Care este la dreapta lui Dumnezeu şi Căruia, după ce S-a dus la cer, I-au fost supuşi îngerii, autorităţile şi puterile.
Footnotes
- 1 Petru 3:12 Vezi Ps. 34:12-16
- 1 Petru 3:14 Sau: de teroarea lor
- 1 Petru 3:14 Vezi Is. 8:12
- 1 Petru 3:21 Sau: promisiunea (în sensul de angajament); sau: cererea
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