3In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives, ²when they^* see your respectful, pure conduct. ³Let your^a adornment not be the external kind, braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on fine clothing, ⁴but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God. ⁵For in the same way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves by^* being subject to their own husbands, ⁶like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become when you^* do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.

⁷Husbands, in the same way live with your wives knowledgeably^b, as with the weaker female vessel, showing them honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Called to Inherit a Blessing

⁸And finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, showing mutual affection, compassionate, humble, ⁹not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing others, because for this reason you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.

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Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“see”) which is understood as temporal
aLiterally “of whom,” referring to the wives
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being subject”) which is understood as means
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“do good”) which is understood as temporal
bLiterally “according to knowledge”