1 Peter 3:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)5 For this is the way holy women in ancient times decorated themselves. Their hope was in God and they were known for being in subjection to their own husbands. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17695 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition5 For it was thus that the pious women of old who hoped in God were [accustomed] to beautify themselves and were submissive to their husbands [adapting themselves to them as themselves secondary and dependent upon them]. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)5 For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: See the chapterCommon English Bible5 For it was in this way that holy women who trusted in God used to make themselves beautiful, accepting the authority of their own husbands. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version5 For in this way, in past times also, holy women adorned themselves, hoping in God, being subject to their own husbands. See the chapter |
By [having] faith, Sarah herself received the ability to have children, even though she was [sterile, being] past the age of child-bearing, since she considered God faithful to His promise. [Note: Some translations consider “Abraham” to be the subject of this controversial verse. See Lightfoot, pp. 222-225].