{"id":8328,"date":"2011-12-11T08:08:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?page_id=8328"},"modified":"2014-12-17T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T23:27:05","slug":"chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/commentary\/1-peter\/chapter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

1<\/sup>\u00a0Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God\u2019s sight.\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands,\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

7<\/sup>\u00a0Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Like Paul, Peter gives some household codes.<\/p>\n

Suffering for Doing Good<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

8<\/sup>\u00a0Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0For,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever would love life<\/span><\/em>
\n and see good days<\/span><\/em>
\n must keep their tongue from evil<\/span><\/em>
\n and their lips from deceitful speech.<\/span><\/em>
\n 11<\/sup>\u00a0They must turn from evil and do good;<\/span><\/em>
\n they must seek peace and pursue it.<\/span><\/em>
\n 12<\/sup>\u00a0For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous<\/span><\/em>
\n and his ears are attentive to their prayer,<\/span><\/em>
\n but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

More imitation of Christ.<\/p>\n

13<\/sup>\u00a0Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. \u201cDo not fear their threats; do not be frightened.\u201d\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0For it is better, if it is God\u2019s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0After being made alive,\u00a0he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits\u2014\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also\u2014not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.\u00a0It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0who has gone into heaven and is at God\u2019s right hand\u2014with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Draws upon Old Testament images of Noah.<\/p>\n

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1\u00a0Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,\u00a02\u00a0when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.\u00a03\u00a0Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8319,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8328"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52025,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8328\/revisions\/52025"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}