1 Peter 3:5

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⁵For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who ^ktrusted in God, adorned themselves, ^bbeing in subjection unto their own husbands:

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For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,

For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands,

For in the past, the holy women who put their hope in God also adorned themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands,

This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands.

For in the same way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves by being subject to their own husbands,