1 Peter 3:2

3:2 when they see your pure and reverent conduct. ¹ 

1 Peter 1:15

1:15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

1 Peter 1:18

1:18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,

1 Peter 3:1

Wives and Husbands

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

1 Peter 3:16

3:16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, ⁴  keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. ⁵ 

1 Peter 2:12

2:12 and maintain good conduct ⁶  among the non-Christians, ⁷  so that though ⁸  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ⁹ 

[3:2]  ¹ tn Grk “behavior,” the same word translated “the way you live” in vs. 1.

[3:1]  ² 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]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12]  ⁷ 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).