1 Peter 3:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives”
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“Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection 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;”
King James Version · Public Domain“In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Peter 3:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- Esther 1:16And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
- Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
- Proverbs 18:19An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
- Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
- Romans 7:2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- Romans 10:16But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- 1 Corinthians 7:16How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
- 1 Corinthians 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- 1 Corinthians 14:34Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
- Ephesians 5:22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
- Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Colossians 3:18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- Colossians 4:5Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 2:11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
- Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- James 5:19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
- 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
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