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1 Peter 3:5

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It was the same with the holy {\cf2\super [22]} women who lived long ago and followed God. They made themselves beautiful in that same way. They were willing to serve their husbands.

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If a widow is really alone and without help, then she hopes in God \{to take care of her\}. That woman prays all the time, night and day. She asks God for help.


She must be known as a woman who has done good things. I mean good things like raising her children, accepting visitors in her home, washing the feet of God’s people, helping people in trouble, and using her life to do all kinds of good things.


But women will be saved in their work of having children. They will be saved if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, and control themselves in the right way.


In the city of Joppa there was a follower \{of Jesus\} named Tabitha. (Her Greek name, Dorcas, means “a deer.”) She always did good things for people. She always gave money to people that needed it.


Then her husband died and she lived alone. She was now 84 years old. Anna was always at the temple; she never left. She worshiped God by fasting {\cf2\super [40]} and praying day and night.


No person will be left\par to care for his children.\par His wives will have no one to depend on.”\par


Grace and beauty can fool you.\par But a woman who respects the Lord\par should be praised.\par


Abraham was too old to have children. And Sarah was not able to have children. But Abraham had faith in God, and so God made them able to have children. Abraham trusted God to do the things he promised.


But they should make themselves beautiful by doing good things. Women who say they worship God should make themselves beautiful in that way.


The apostles {\cf2\super [9]} were all together. They were constantly praying with the same purpose. Some women, Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers were there with the apostles.


{\cf2\super [41]} It is very hard to find “the perfect woman.” {\cf2\super [42]} \par But she is worth much more than jewels.\par


But each one of you must love his wife like he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.


Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s rising from death.





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