¶ Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree in earth in any manner thing whatsoever they shall desire: it shall be given them of my father which is in heaven.
1 Peter 3:7 - William Tyndale New Testament ¶ Likewise ye men dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as unto them that are heirs also of the grace of life, that your prayers be not let. 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 unto you that if two of you shall agree in earth in any manner thing whatsoever they shall desire: it shall be given them of my father which is in heaven.
Let the man give unto the wife due benevolence. Likewise also the wife unto the man.
that the gentiles should be inheritors also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise that is in Christ, by the means of the gospell,
And grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Nevertheless do ye so that every one of you love his wife truly even as himself: And let the wife see that she fear her husband.
and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication: and that in the spirit: and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,
that every one of you should know how to keep his vessel in sanctifying and honour,
that we once justified by his grace, should be heirs of eternal life, thorow hope.
Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of health?
¶ Likewise let the women be in subjection to their husbands, that even they which believe not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives: