1 Peter 3
1 In the same way, wives, submit to your own husbands, so that if any of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct.
2 They will be won over as they observe your pure and respectful conduct.
3 Do not let your adornment be outward—braided hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes.
4 Instead, let it be the hidden person of the heart, in what does not perish: a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
5 For this is how the holy women of long ago, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, submitting to their own husbands.
6 Sarah obeyed Abraham in this way, calling him lord. You have become her daughters if you do what is good and let no fear frighten you.
7 Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with understanding, as with a more fragile vessel. Give them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
8 Finally, all of you, be of one mind, compassionate, devoted to one another as brothers and sisters, tenderhearted, and humble.
9 Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, bless, because you were called to this, so that you may inherit a blessing.
10 For whoever wants to love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from speaking deceit.
11 Let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their plea; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
13 And who will harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
14 But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be troubled.
15 Instead, set apart Christ as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.
16 Do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame in the very things for which you are slandered.
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is God’s will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also died once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.
19 In it, he also went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison.
20 They had disobeyed long ago, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In it, a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water.
21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you too—not as the removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
22 He is at God’s right hand, having gone into heaven, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.
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