{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/1-peter/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:21:20.921Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"1 Peter","bookSlug":"1-peter","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":5,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behaviour of their wives;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"beholding your chaste behaviour coupled with fear."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honour 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But and if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in the spirit;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"which aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Peter 3 (ERV)","markdown":"[1 Peter 3](https://primebible.com/erv/1-peter/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/1-peter/3 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}