1 Peter 3:1-6

Wives and Husbands

¹ Likewise, wives, _k be subject to your own husbands, so that _l even if some do not obey the word, _m they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, ² when they see your _n respectful and pure conduct. ³ _o Do not let your adorning be external - the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear - ⁴ but let your adorning be _p the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. ⁵ For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, _q calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and _r do not fear anything that is frightening.

1. Cross References
   Genesis 3:16
   To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:16
   For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 18:15
   If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
   1 Corinthians 9:19 - 22
   For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
   
4. Cross References
   Titus 2:5
   To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Timothy 2:9
   Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire.
   Isaiah 3:18 - 23
   In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents.
   
6. Cross References
   Romans 2:29
   But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
   Romans 7:22
   For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being.
   2 Corinthians 4:16
   So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
   Ephesians 3:16
   That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
   
7. Cross References
   Genesis 18:12
   So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?
   
8. Cross References
   Proverbs 3:25
   Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes.