1 Peter 3:1-7
EXHORTATIONS TO THE MARRIED.... [ Continue Reading ]
EXHORTATIONS TO THE MARRIED.... [ Continue Reading ]
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the Word, they may also without the word be won by the conversation of the wives,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE THEY BEHOLD YOUR CHASTE CONVERSATION COUPLED WITH FEAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE ADORNING LET IT NOT BE THAT OUTWARD ADORNING OF PLAITING THE HAIR, AND OF WEARING OF GOLD, OR OF PUTTING ON OF APPAREL;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT LET IT BE THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HE ART, IN THAT WHICH IS NOT CORRUPTIBLE, EVEN THE ORNAMENT OF A MEEK AND QUIET SPIRIT, WHICH IS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OF GREAT PRICE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR AFTER THIS MANNER IN THE OLD TIME THE HOLY WOMEN ALSO, WHO TRUSTED IN GOD, ADORNED THEMSELVES, BEING IN SUBJECTION UNTO THEIR OWN HUSBANDS;... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN AS SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM, CALLING HIM LORD; WHOSE DAUGHTERS YE ARE, AS LONG AS YE DO WELL, AND ARE NOT AFRAID WITH ANY AMAZEMENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE, YE HUSBANDS, DWELL WITH THEM ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE, GIVING HONOR UNTO THE WIFE, AS UNTO THE WEAKER VESSEL, AND AS BEING HEIRS TOGETHER OF THE GRACE OF LIFE, THAT YOUR PRAYERS BE NOT HINDERED. Having spoken of the relation of citizens to their rulers and of servants to their masters, the a... [ Continue Reading ]
FINALLY, BE YE ALL OF ONE MIND, HAVING COMPASSION ONE OF ANOTHER; LOVE AS BRETHREN, BE PITIFUL, BE COURTEOUS;... [ Continue Reading ]
EXHORTATIONS TO CHRISTIANS IN GENERAL, BASED ON CHRIST'S WORK OF REDEMPTION AND HIS STATE OF EXALTATION. True brotherly love:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL OR RAILING FOR RAILING; BUT CONTRARIWISE BLESSING, KNOWING THAT YE ARE THEREUNTO CALLED, THAT YE SHOULD IN HER IT A BLESSING.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE THAT WILL LOVE LIFE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, LET HIM REFRAIN HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL, AND HIS LIPS THAT THEY SPEAK NO GUILE;... [ Continue Reading ]
LET HIM ESCHEW EVIL AND DO GOOD; LET HIM SEEK PEACE AND ENSUE IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE OVER THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN UNTO THEIR PRAYERS; BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THEM THAT DO EVIL. Here the apostle in a few sentences indicates what the moral effect of Christianity is: Lastly, you must all be of one mind, sympathizing with one another... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHO IS HE THAT WILL HARM YOU IF YE BE FOLLOWERS OF THAT WHICH IS GOOD?... [ Continue Reading ]
The Christians as followers and defenders of good:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AND IF YE SUFFER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE, HAPPY ARE YE; AND BE NOT AFRAID OF THEIR TERROR, NEITHER BE TROUBLED,... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS; AND BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH YOU A REASON OF THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH MEEKNESS AND FEAR;... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING A GOOD CONSCIENCE, THAT, WHEREAS THEY SPEAK EVIL OF YOU, AS OF EVIL-DOERS, THEY MAY BE ASHAMED THAT FALSELY ACCUSE YOUR GOOD CONVERSATION IN CHRIST. The Christians may sometimes have to bear evil for a season, but in reality all things work together for good to them: Who will do you wrong if... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IT IS BETTER, IF THE WILL OF GOD BE SO, THAT YE SUFFER FOR WELL-DOING THAN FOR EVIL-DOING.... [ Continue Reading ]
The benefits of Christ's work:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR CHRIST ALSO HATH ONCE SUFFERED FOR SINS, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST, THAT HE MIGHT BRING US TO GOD, BEING PUT TO DEATH IN THE FLESH, BUT QUICKENED BY THE SPIRIT;... [ Continue Reading ]
BY WHICH ALSO HE WENT AND PREACHED UNTO THE SPIRITS IN PRISON;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH SOMETIME WERE DISOBEDIENT, WHEN ONCE THE LONGSUFFERING OF GOD WAITED IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, WHILE THE ARK WAS A-PREPARING, WHEREIN FEW, THAT IS, EIGHT SOULS, WERE SAVED BY WATER.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LIKE FIGURE WHEREUNTO EVEN BAPTISM DOTH ALSO NOW SAVE US, (NOT THE PUTTING AWAY OF THE FILTH OF THE FLESH, BUT THE ANSWER OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD,) BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS GONE INTO HEAVEN AND IS ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, ANGELS AND AUTHORITIES AND POWERS BEING MADE SUBJECT UNTO HIM. This paragraph is closely connected with the foregoing, the apostle apparently including suffering evil under the general heading of doing good for the sake of the Lord: For better... [ Continue Reading ]