1 Peter 3:2

Translations

Modern

…when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

Traditional

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

Literal

…having witnessed your respectful, pure conduct,

Latin

…considerantes in timore castam conversationem vestram.

Original

Greek

English

…when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

Notes

1 Peter 3:1–7

The last of Peter’s three teachings about accepting authority speaks to wives and husbands (2:13–3:7; compare Ephesians 5:21–33; Colossians 3:18–19).

1 Peter 2:13–3:7

This section focuses on the key instruction to submit to all human authority. Peter applies this instruction to several relationships:

Christians should accept the authority of those in government (2:13–17).
Christian slaves should accept the authority of their masters (2:18–25).
Christian wives should accept the authority of their husbands (3:1–6).

Peter appears to follow an early Christian use of the traditional household code. This code gave a series of instructions for different members of a household. Similar examples appear in Ephesians 5:21–6:9, Colossians 3:18–4:1, 1 Timothy 5:1–6:2, and Titus 2:1–10.

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