1 Peter 3:1

Wives and Husbands

3:1 In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ¹  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ² 

1 Peter 1:23

1:23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 4:5

4:5 They will face a reckoning before ³  Jesus Christ ⁴  who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

1 Peter 2:8

2:8 and a stumbling-stone ⁵  and a rock to trip over. ⁶  They stumble ⁷  because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. ⁸ 

1 Peter 3:15

3:15 But set Christ ⁹  apart ¹⁰  as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Grk “that…they may be won over,” showing the purpose of “being subject” (vs. 1b). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”

³ tn Grk “give an account to.”

⁴ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (Jesus Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” The latter phrase uses the term σκάνδαλον (skandalon), denoting an obstacle to faith, something that arouses anger and rejection.

⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 8:14.

⁷ tn Grk “who stumble,” referring to “those who do not believe” in vs. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁸ tn Grk “to which they were also destined.”

⁷ tc Most later mss (P Ï) have θεόν (qeon, “God”) instead of Χριστόν (Criston; “Christ”) here. But Χριστόν is widely supported by excellent and early witnesses (Ì⁷² א A B C Ψ 33 1739 al latt sy co), and as a less common idiom better explains the rise of the other reading.

⁸ tn Or “sanctify Christ as Lord.”

⁹ tn Grk “the hope in you.”