Wives and Husbands

3 In the same way, wives,^(A) submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message,^(B) they may be won over^[a](C) without a message by the way their wives live^{(D) 2} when they observe your pure, reverent lives.^{(E) 3} Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments^[b] or fine clothes.^{(F) 4} Instead, it should consist of what is inside^[c] the heart^(G) with the imperishable quality of a gentle^(H) and quiet^(I) spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes. ⁵ For in the past, the holy^(J) women who put their hope^(K) in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands, ⁶ just as Sarah^(L) obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and are not frightened by anything alarming.^(M)