1 Peter 3:1

New Century Version

In the same way, you wives should yield to your husbands. Then, if some husbands do not obey God’s teaching, they will be persuaded to believe without anyone’s saying a word to them. They will be persuaded by the way their wives live.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

Then God said to the woman, “I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you.”

Proverbs 11:30

A good person gives life to others; the wise person teaches others how to live.

Proverbs 18:19

A brother who has been insulted is harder to win back than a walled city, and arguments separate people like the barred gates of a palace.

Matthew 18:15

“If your fellow believer sins against you, go and tell him in private what he did wrong. If he listens to you, you have helped that person to be your brother or sister again.

Romans 10:16

But not all the Jews accepted the good news. Isaiah said, “Lord, who believed what we told them?”

Romans 6:17

In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that you were taught.

Romans 7:2

For example, a woman must stay married to her husband as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law of marriage.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand this: The head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 14:34

women should keep quiet in the church meetings. They are not allowed to speak, but they must yield to this rule as the law says.

1 Corinthians 7:16

Wife, you don’t know; maybe you will save your husband. And husband, you don’t know; maybe you will save your wife.

Ephesians 5:33

But each one of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and a wife must respect her husband.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, yield to the authority of your husbands, because this is the right thing to do in the Lord.

Colossians 4:5

Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, making the most of every opportunity.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

Then he will punish those who do not know God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 11:8

It was by faith Abraham obeyed God’s call to go to another place God promised to give him. He left his own country, not knowing where he was to go.

Hebrews 5:9

And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that your obedience to the truth has purified your souls, you can have true love for your Christian brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply with all your heart.

1 Peter 3:2

Your husbands will see the pure lives you live with your respect for God.

1 Peter 3:7

In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. But show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you—the grace that gives true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers.

1 Peter 4:17

It is time for judgment to begin with God’s family. And if that judging begins with us, what will happen to those people who do not obey the Good News of God?