Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth, touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
1 Peter 3:7 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 In like manner, ye husbands, dwell according to knowledge with the woman, as the weaker vessel; giving them honour, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God's unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.] American Standard Version (1901) Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered. Common English Bible Husbands, likewise, submit by living with your wife in ways that honor her, knowing that she is the weaker partner. Honor her all the more, as she is also a coheir of the gracious care of life. Do this so that your prayers won’t be hindered. Catholic Public Domain Version Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel, and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered. |
Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth, touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
Let the husband render the debt to the wife; and in like manner the wife also to the husband.
That the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise by Christ through the gospel,
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
But let every one of you in particular so love his wife as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.
which is the word of God, Praying alway by the Spirit with all prayer and supplication, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
That every one of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour, That, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs, according to the hope of eternal life.
Are they not all ministring spirits, sent forth to serve for them who shall inherit salvation?
In like manner, ye wives, be subject to your own husbands, that if any obey not the word, they also may, without the word, be won by the conversation of the wives,