However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
1 Peter 3:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) when they see the purity and reverence of your 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. |
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favour, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behaviour of their wives,
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewellery or fine clothes.
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives