ἐποπτεύσαντες, see note on 1 Peter 2:12. The idea of seeing behind the scenes would aptly describe the husband’s opportunities of observing his wife’s character. But it may mean merely looking on at a spectacle.

ἐν φόβῳ might refer to the reverence of the wife for her husband, cf. Ephesians 5:33. More probably however it means the fear of God, as also in 1 Peter 2:18 where slaves are to submit to their masters ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ, cf. 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 3:15; Ephesians 5:21; Colossians 3:22; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 7:1.

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