To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
1 Peter 3:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised when they observe your pure, reverent lives. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as you would Christ.
Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, in one accord, contending together for the faith of the gospel,
Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, , in faith, and in purity.
But as the one who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;
Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.
In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by the way their wives live
Don’t let your beauty consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and wearing gold jewellery or fine clothes,
Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness