1 Peter 3:5

For after this manner in the old time It is obvious from the special instance given in the next verse that the Apostle has in his mind exclusively the saintly wives and mothers of the Old Testament. The names of Penelope, Andromache, Alcestis, which are familiar to us as patterns of wifely excellence, were not likely to have come within the horizon of his knowledge.

who trusted in God More accurately, who hoped in God. It may be noted that the same inadequate rendering is found in the Authorized Version of Romans 15:12, and Philem. 1 Peter 3:22. The idea of "trust" is, of course, not far removed from that of "hope," but the variation of rendering was a needless one, and ought therefore to have been avoided.

being in subjection unto their own husbands The repetition of the same verb as that used in 1 Peter 3:1 and ch. 1 Peter 2:13, should, be noticed as reproducing what might almost be called the key-note of the Epistle. It occurs again in ch. 1 Peter 3:22; 1 Peter 5:5.