1 Peter 3:3-5

3:3 Let your ¹  beauty ²  not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry ³  or fine clothes – 3:4 but the inner person ⁴  of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. 3:5 For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

1 Peter 3:2

3:2 when they see your pure and reverent conduct. ⁵ 

1 Peter 3:11

3:11 And he must turn away from evil and do good;

he must seek peace and pursue it.

¹ tn Grk “whose,” referring to the wives.

² tn Or “adornment.”

³ tn The word “jewelry” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate that gold ornaments or jewelry is intended; otherwise the reader might assume wearing gold-colored clothing was forbidden.

⁴ tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.

⁵ tn Grk “behavior,” the same word translated “the way you live” in vs. 1.