³³ However, each one of you also must love his wife^(A) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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.^{(A) 4} Rather, it should be that of your inner self,^(B) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.^{(C) 5} For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God^(D) used to adorn themselves.^(E) They submitted themselves to their own husbands, ⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord.^(F) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

⁷ Husbands,^(G) 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.

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands^(A) as you do to the Lord.^(B)

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives,^(A) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her^(B)

¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

²⁰ Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”

⁹ Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits^(A) and live!^(B)

²⁸ In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives^(A) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—

³¹ Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”