Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.
1 Peter 3:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 when they see the purity and respect of your conduct. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves, together with your reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him–to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband]. American Standard Version (1901) beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear. Common English Bible After all, they will have observed the reverent and holy manner of your lives. Catholic Public Domain Version as they consider with fear your chaste behavior. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Considering your chaste conversation with fear. |
Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ,
Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel
But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct,
Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.
Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,
Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing;
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,