1 Petrus 3
Alkitab Mudah Dibaca
Istri dan suami
3 Begitu juga kamu, istri-istri harus bersedia melayani suamimu. Maka, jika ada suami yang tidak mau menerima ajaran Allah, mereka akan dipengaruhi untuk percaya karena melihat cara hidupmu. Kamu tidak perlu mengatakan apa pun. 2 Suamimu akan melihat kemurnian hidupmu dan sikap hidupmu yang penuh hormat pada Allah. 3 Kecantikanmu bukanlah berasal dari luar, seperti rambut yang dikepang, perhiasan emas atau pakaian yang indah. 4 Sebaliknya, kecantikanmu haruslah datang dari dalammu, keindahan jiwa yang lembut dan tenang. Kecantikan yang demikian tidak akan pernah hilang dan sangat berharga di mata Allah.
5 Demikian juga dengan perempuan-perempuan kudus yang hidup pada masa lalu dan menaruh harapannya pada Allah. Mereka membuat dirinya cantik dengan cara tersebut. Mereka bersedia melayani suami mereka. 6 Seperti Sara yang bersedia menaati Abraham, suaminya dan berbicara kepada Abraham dengan rasa hormat. Maka kalian para perempuan adalah anak-anak Sara yang sejati jika kamu selalu berbuat apa yang benar dan tidak takut.
7 Begitu juga dengan para suami, hiduplah bersama istrimu dengan penuh pengertian karena mereka lebih lemah dibandingkan dengan kalian. Tetapi mereka layak dihormati karena Allah juga memberi mereka berkat yang sama seperti berkatmu, yaitu anugerah hidup yang kekal. Lakukanlah ini supaya tidak ada yang menghalangi doa-doamu.
Menderita karena melakukan apa yang benar
8 Jadi, kalian semua harus hidup bersama dalam damai. Berusahalah untuk saling mengerti dan saling mengasihi sebagai saudara dan saudari. Jadilah orang yang ramah dan rendah hati. 9 Jangan membalas kejahatan dengan kejahatan, atau penghinaan dengan penghinaan. Sebaliknya, berkatilah mereka, karena tujuan Allah memanggilmu adalah untuk menerima berkat-Nya. 10 Kitab Suci berkata:
“Jika kamu ingin menikmati hidup yang benar
dan ingin mengalami hari-hari yang baik,
hindarilah mengatakan hal-hal yang menyakitkan,
dan jangan biarkan kebohongan keluar dari mulutmu.
11 Jauhilah kejahatan dan lakukanlah kebaikan,
dan berusahalah sebisa mungkin untuk hidup damai dengan orang lain.
12 Tuhan mengawasi mereka yang melakukan kebenaran,
dan Ia mendengar doa-doa mereka.
Tetapi Ia menentang orang-orang yang melakukan kejahatan.”(A)
13 Siapakah yang akan menyakitimu kalau kamu senang melakukan kebaikan? 14 Kalaupun kamu harus menderita karena melakukan apa yang benar, kamu akan diberkati. Tetapi janganlah takut atau gentar terhadap orang yang membuatmu menderita.(B) 15 Beribadahlah kepada Kristus sepenuhnya sebagai satu-satunya Tuhanmu. Dan selalu siaplah untuk memberikan jawaban kepada siapa saja yang bertanya kepadamu untuk menjelaskan pengharapan yang kamu miliki. 16 Tetapi jawablah dengan lemah lembut sehubungan dengan Tuhan, menjaga hati nuranimu dengan baik di hadapan-Nya. Maka, orang-orang akan melihat cara hidupmu yang baik sebagai pengikut Kristus, dan mereka sendiri akan malu karena menjelekkan kamu.
17 Lebih baik kamu menderita karena melakukan kebaikan kalau memang itulah yang diinginkan Allah, daripada menderita karena melakukan kejahatan.
18 Kristus sendiri juga menderita ketika Ia mati untuk kamu,
dan dengan kematian yang sekali itu Ia menghapus dosamu.
Ia tidak bersalah,
tetapi Ia mati untuk orang-orang yang bersalah.
Ia melakukan ini untuk membawa kalian semua kepada Allah.
Sebagai manusia, Ia dibunuh,
tetapi Ia dihidupkan oleh Roh.[a]
19 Dan dengan Roh, Ia pergi dan memberitakan kepada roh-roh yang ada di dalam penjara. 20 Mereka adalah roh-roh yang tidak taat kepada Allah di masa lalu, pada jaman Nuh. Allah menunggu dengan sabar selama Nuh membangun bahteranya.[b] Hanya delapan orang saja yang diselamatkan di dalam bahtera melalui air bah. 21 Air bah itu seperti baptisan, yang sekarang menyelamatkan kamu. Baptisan itu bukan untuk membersihkan tubuh dari kotoran, tetapi sebagai janji pengabdian yang tulus kepada Allah. Baptisan itu menyelamatkan kamu karena Yesus Kristus dibangkitkan dari kematian.[c] 22 Sekarang, Kristus berada di surga, di sebelah kanan Allah, memerintah atas semua malaikat, para pemerintah dan para penguasa.
1 Peter 3
New International Version
3 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, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.(D) 4 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) 5 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, 6 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.
7 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
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded,(K) be sympathetic, love one another,(L) be compassionate and humble.(M) 9 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 Peter 3:12 Psalm 34:12-16
- 1 Peter 3:14 Or fear what they fear
- 1 Peter 3:14 Isaiah 8:12
- 1 Peter 3:19 Or but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also
- 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience
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
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