📖WEB · 1 Peter 3:2

What does 1 Peter 3:2 mean?

"seeing your pure behavior in fear."

— 1 Peter 3:2 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

2

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

3

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

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but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

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For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

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