³³ However, ^(A)let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^(B)respects her husband.

² when they see your ^(A)respectful and pure conduct. ^3 (B)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 ^(C)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, ^(D)calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and ^(E)do not fear anything that is frightening.

⁷ Likewise, ^(F)husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker ^(G)vessel, since they are heirs with you^[a] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

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

⁹ Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to ^(A)the Father of spirits ^(B)and live?

¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives, and ^(A)do not be harsh with them.

Wives and Husbands

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

²⁰ So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, ^(A)all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”

²⁸ In the same way ^(A)husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

³¹ Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, ^(A)“May my lord King David live forever!”