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 3:16

3:16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, ³  keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. ⁴ 

1 Peter 2:12

2:12 and maintain good conduct ⁵  among the non-Christians, ⁶  so that though ⁷  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ⁸ 

[3:1]  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.

[3:1]  ² tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”

[3:16]  ³ tn Grk “but with courtesy and respect,” continuing the command of v. 15. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “when you are spoken against.”

[2:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12]  ⁸ tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16).