1 Peter 3:3-6

Wives and Husbands

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
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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?
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 3:25
    Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes.
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