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World English Bible

1 Peter 3 (WEBP)

[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 come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,
[4] but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.
[5] For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands.
[6] So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are if you do well and are not put in fear by any terror.
[7] You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
[8] Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
[9] not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
[10] For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
[11] Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
[12] For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
[13] Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?
[14] But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
[15] But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,
[16] having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.
[17] For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil.
[18] Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
[19] in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
[20] who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
[21] This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
[22] who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

1 Peter 3:12
1 Peter 3:14

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Peter 3 (KJVS)

[1] 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;
[2] while they behold () your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
[3] Whose adorning let it not be () that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
[4] but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is () in the sight of God of great price.
[5] For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted () in God, adorned () themselves, being in subjection () unto their own husbands:
[6] even as Sara obeyed () Abraham, calling () him lord: whose daughters ye are, () as long as ye do well, () and are not afraid () with any amazement.
[7] Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with () them according to knowledge, giving () honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. ()
[8] Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
[9] not rendering () evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing () that ye are thereunto called, () that ye should inherit () a blessing. ()
[10] For He that will () love () life, And see () good days, Let him refrain () his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak () no guile:
[11] Let him eschew () evil, and do () good; Let him seek () peace, and ensue () it.
[12] For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, And his ears are open unto their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against them that do () evil.
[13] And who is he that will harm () you, if ye be () followers of that which is good?
[14] But and if ye suffer () for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid () of their terror, neither be troubled; ()
[15] but sanctify () the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh () you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
[16] having () a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil () of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed () that falsely accuse () your good conversation in Christ.
[17] For it is better, if the will of God be so, () that ye suffer () for well doing, () than for evil doing. ()
[18] For Christ also hath once suffered () for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring () us to God, being put to death () in the flesh, but quickened () by the Spirit:
[19] by which also he went () and preached () unto the spirits in prison;
[20] which sometime were disobedient, () when once the longsuffering of God waited () in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, () wherein few, that is, () eight souls were saved () by water.
[21] The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save () us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
[22] who is gone () into heaven, and is () on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject () unto him.

1 Peter 3:6 Gr. children
1 Peter 3:8 Or, loving to the brethren
1 Peter 3:12 Gr. upon
1 Peter 3:15 Or, reverence

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Peter 3 (BYZ)

[1] Ὁμοίως, () αἱ () γυναῖκες, () ὑποτασσόμεναι () τοῖς () ἰδίοις () ἀνδράσιν, () ἵνα, () καὶ () εἴ () τινες () ἀπειθοῦσιν () τῷ () λόγῳ, () διὰ () τῆς () τῶν () γυναικῶν () ἀναστροφῆς () ἄνευ () λόγου () κερδηθήσονται, ()
[2] ἐποπτεύσαντες () τὴν () ἐν () φόβῳ () ἁγνὴν () ἀναστροφὴν () ὑμῶν. ()
[3] Ὧν () ἔστω () οὐχ () ὁ () ἔξωθεν () ἐμπλοκῆς () τριχῶν, () καὶ () περιθέσεως () χρυσίων, () ἢ () ἐνδύσεως () ἱματίων () κόσμος· ()
[4] ἀλλ’ () ὁ () κρυπτὸς () τῆς () καρδίας () ἄνθρωπος, () ἐν () τῷ () ἀφθάρτῳ () τοῦ () πρᾳέος () καὶ () ἡσυχίου () πνεύματος, () ὅ () ἐστιν () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () πολυτελές. ()
[5] Οὕτως () γάρ () ποτε () καὶ () αἱ () ἅγιαι () γυναῖκες () αἱ () ἐλπίζουσαι () ἐπὶ () θεὸν () ἐκόσμουν () ἑαυτάς, () ὑποτασσόμεναι () τοῖς () ἰδίοις () ἀνδράσιν· ()
[6] ὡς () Σάρρα () ὑπήκουσεν () τῷ () Ἀβραάμ, () κύριον () αὐτὸν () καλοῦσα, () ἧς () ἐγενήθητε () τέκνα, () ἀγαθοποιοῦσαι () καὶ () μὴ () φοβούμεναι () μηδεμίαν () πτόησιν. ()
[7] Οἱ () ἄνδρες () ὁμοίως, () συνοικοῦντες () κατὰ () γνῶσιν, () ὡς () ἀσθενεστέρῳ () σκεύει () τῷ () γυναικείῳ () ἀπονέμοντες () τιμήν, () ὡς () καὶ () συγκληρονόμοι () χάριτος () ζωῆς, () εἰς () τὸ () μὴ () ἐγκόπτεσθαι () τὰς () προσευχὰς () ὑμῶν. ()
[8] Τὸ () δὲ () τέλος, () πάντες () ὁμόφρονες, () συμπαθεῖς, () φιλάδελφοι, () εὔσπλαγχνοι, () φιλόφρονες· ()
[9] μὴ () ἀποδιδόντες () κακὸν () ἀντὶ () κακοῦ, () ἢ () λοιδορίαν () ἀντὶ () λοιδορίας· () τοὐναντίον () δὲ () εὐλογοῦντες, () εἰδότες () ὅτι () εἰς () τοῦτο () ἐκλήθητε, () ἵνα () εὐλογίαν () κληρονομήσητε. ()
[10] Ὁ () γὰρ () θέλων () ζωὴν () ἀγαπᾷν, () καὶ () ἰδεῖν () ἡμέρας () ἀγαθάς, () παυσάτω () τὴν () γλῶσσαν () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () κακοῦ, () καὶ () χείλη () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () μὴ () λαλῆσαι () δόλον· ()
[11] ἐκκλινάτω () ἀπὸ () κακοῦ, () καὶ () ποιησάτω () ἀγαθόν· () ζητησάτω () εἰρήνην, () καὶ () διωξάτω () αὐτήν. ()
[12] Ὅτι () ὀφθαλμοὶ () κυρίου () ἐπὶ () δικαίους, () καὶ () ὦτα () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () δέησιν () αὐτῶν· () πρόσωπον () δὲ () κυρίου () ἐπὶ () ποιοῦντας () κακά. ()
[13] Καὶ () τίς () ὁ () κακώσων () ὑμᾶς, () ἐὰν () τοῦ () ἀγαθοῦ () μιμηταὶ () γένησθε; ()
[14] Ἀλλ’ () εἰ () καὶ () πάσχοιτε () διὰ () δικαιοσύνην, () μακάριοι· () τὸν () δὲ () φόβον () αὐτῶν () μὴ () φοβηθῆτε, () μηδὲ () ταραχθῆτε· ()
[15] κύριον () δὲ () τὸν () θεὸν () ἁγιάσατε () ἐν () ταῖς () καρδίαις () ὑμῶν· () ἕτοιμοι () δὲ () ἀεὶ () πρὸς () ἀπολογίαν () παντὶ () τῷ () αἰτοῦντι () ὑμᾶς () λόγον () περὶ () τῆς () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἐλπίδος, () μετὰ () πρᾳΰτητος () καὶ () φόβου· ()
[16] συνείδησιν () ἔχοντες () ἀγαθήν, () ἵνα, () ἐν () ᾧ () καταλαλοῦσιν () ὑμῶν () ὡς () κακοποιῶν, () καταισχυνθῶσιν () οἱ () ἐπηρεάζοντες () ὑμῶν () τὴν () ἀγαθὴν () ἐν () χριστῷ () ἀναστροφήν. ()
[17] Κρεῖττον () γὰρ () ἀγαθοποιοῦντας, () εἰ () θέλοι () τὸ () θέλημα () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () πάσχειν, () ἢ () κακοποιοῦντας. ()
[18] Ὅτι () καὶ () χριστὸς () ἅπαξ () περὶ () ἁμαρτιῶν () ἔπαθεν, () δίκαιος () ὑπὲρ () ἀδίκων, () ἵνα () ὑμᾶς () προσαγάγῃ () τῷ () θεῷ, () θανατωθεὶς () μὲν () σαρκί, () ζῳοποιηθεὶς () δὲ () πνεύματι, ()
[19] ἐν () ᾧ () καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () φυλακῇ () πνεύμασιν () πορευθεὶς () ἐκήρυξεν, ()
[20] ἀπειθήσασίν () ποτε, () ὅτε () ἀπεξεδέχετο () ἡ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () μακροθυμία () ἐν () ἡμέραις () Νῶε, () κατασκευαζομένης () κιβωτοῦ, () εἰς () ἣν () ὀλίγαι, () τοῦτ’ () ἔστιν () ὀκτὼ () ψυχαί, () διεσώθησαν () δι’ () ὕδατος· ()
[21] ὃ () ἀντίτυπον () νῦν () καὶ () ἡμᾶς () σῴζει () βάπτισμα, () οὐ () σαρκὸς () ἀπόθεσις () ῥύπου, () ἀλλὰ () συνειδήσεως () ἀγαθῆς () ἐπερώτημα () εἰς () θεόν, () δι’ () ἀναστάσεως () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ, ()
[22] ὅς () ἐστιν () ἐν () δεξιᾷ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () πορευθεὶς () εἰς () οὐρανόν, () ὑποταγέντων () αὐτῷ () ἀγγέλων () καὶ () ἐξουσιῶν () καὶ () δυνάμεων. ()

1 Peter 3:1a αἱ ¦ [NA] ¦ SBL TH WH om.
1 Peter 3:1b καὶ ¦ WH om.
1 Peter 3:1c κερδηθήσονται ¦ TR κερδηθήσωνται
1 Peter 3:4 πρᾳέος καὶ ἡσυχίου ¦ ECM NA SBL TH πραέως καὶ ἡσυχίου ¦ WH ἡσυχίου καὶ πραέως
1 Peter 3:5 ἐπὶ θεὸν ¦ PCK PT TR ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν ¦ CT† εἰς θεὸν ¦ ECM† εἰς τὸν θεὸν
1 Peter 3:6 ὑπήκουσεν ¦ WH ὑπήκουεν
1 Peter 3:7a συγκληρονόμοι ¦ ECM NA SBL συγκληρονόμοις ¦ WH συνκληρονόμοι ¦ TH συνκληρονόμοις
1 Peter 3:7b ἐγκόπτεσθαι ¦ TR ἐκκόπτεσθαι
1 Peter 3:8 φιλόφρονες ¦ CT ταπεινόφρονες
1 Peter 3:9 εἰδότες ¦ CT om.
1 Peter 3:10a ἰδεῖν ἡμέρας ¦ PCK ἡμέρας ἰδεῖν
1 Peter 3:10b αὐτοῦ ¦ CT om.
1 Peter 3:10c αὐτοῦ ¦ CT om.
1 Peter 3:11 ἐκκλινάτω ¦ CT ἐκκλινάτω δὲ
1 Peter 3:12 ὀφθαλμοὶ ¦ TR οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ
1 Peter 3:13 μιμηταὶ ¦ CT ζηλωταὶ
1 Peter 3:15a θεὸν ¦ CT χριστὸν
1 Peter 3:15b δὲ ¦ CT om.
1 Peter 3:15c μετὰ ¦ CT ἀλλὰ μετὰ
1 Peter 3:16a καταλαλοῦσιν ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν ¦ HF RPmg TR καταλαλῶσιν ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν ¦ CT καταλαλεῖσθε
1 Peter 3:16b τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐν χριστῷ ἀναστροφήν ¦ PCK τῇ ἀγαθῇ ἐν χριστῷ ἀναστροφῇ
1 Peter 3:17 θέλοι ¦ TR θέλει
1 Peter 3:18a ἔπαθεν ¦ WH ἀπέθανεν
1 Peter 3:18b ὑμᾶς ¦ PCK PT TR ἡμᾶς
1 Peter 3:18c πνεύματι ¦ TR τῷ πνεύματι
1 Peter 3:20a ἀπεξεδέχετο ¦ TR ἅπαξ ἐξεδέχετο
1 Peter 3:20b ὀλίγαι ¦ ECM† txt ¦ CT† ὀλίγοι
1 Peter 3:21 ὃ ἀντίτυπον νῦν καὶ ἡμᾶς ¦ ST ὃ καὶ ἡμᾶς ἀντίτυπον νῦν ¦ SCR ᾧ καὶ ἡμᾶς ἀντίτυπον νῦν ¦ CT ὃ καὶ ὑμᾶς ἀντίτυπον νῦν
1 Peter 3:22 τοῦ ¦ [NA] ¦ SBL WH om.

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.