But [let it be] the (a) hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is (b) in the sight of God of great price.
(a) Who has his abiding place fastened in the heart: so that the hidden man is set against the outward adorning of the body.
(b) Precious indeed and so taken of God.
Verse 1 Peter 3:4. _THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART_] Ὁ κρυπτος της καρδιας ανθρωπος. This phrase is of the same import with that of St. Paul, Romans 7:22, οεσωανθρωπος, the _inner man_; that is, the _s...
BUT LET IT BE THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART - This expression is substantially the same as that of Paul in Romans 7:22, “the inward man.” See the notes at that place. The word “hidden” here means that w...
III. CHRIST THE PATTERN FOR HIS SAINTS CHAPTER 2:11-3:9 _ 1. Abstinence and submission (1 Peter 2:11)_ 2. Christ the pattern for those who suffer (1 Peter 2:18) 3. Glorifying Christ in the marriage...
This counsel to wives and husbands is full of a fine courtesy, and true chivalry, and shows how the new leaven is at work in the thought of the Church. It is not only a contrast to paganism, but has t...
THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
Let not your adornment be an outward thing of braided hair and ornaments of gold and wearing of robes, but let it be an adornment of the inward personality of the heart, wrought by the unfading loveli...
MAN. App-123. "The hidden man" means "the inward man" of Romans 7:22; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 3:16. THAT WHICH, &C. the incorruptible (Greek. _aphthartos._ See...
_the hidden man of the heart_ The phrase is identical in meaning with the "inward man" of Romans 7:22; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 3:16. The word for "man" is one which takes within its range women...
B. SOCIAL DUTIES. 1 Peter 2:13 to 1 Peter 3:12 13 This warfare against heathen principles of living does not mean the subversion of the necessary bonds of society. Rather it deepens and intensifies...
Ὁ ΚΡΥΠΤῸΣ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ, cf. Romans 7:22 τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον. ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ does not mean man as opposed to woman but is a neutral term, like homo. Here it means _the inner character_, cf. τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον … τ...
ΚΡΥΠΤΌΣ (G2927) сокрытый, ΆΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ (G862) нерушимый (_см._ 1 Peter 1:4). ΠΡΑΈΩΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΠΡΑΎ'Σ (G4239) мягкий, кроткий, сдерживаемый. Это кроткое и мягкое поведение, терпеливая покорность; м...
WHOSE ADORNING, LET IT NOT BE, &C.— That nothing may be wanting to the qualifying of a Christian wife, she is taught how to dress herself; supposing a general desire, but especially in that sex, of or...
_3. TOWARD HUSBANDS 3:1_-6 1 Peter 3:1-2 In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of t...
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, 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. BUT - Rather. The 'outward ad...
VERSE 4. BUT LET IT BE THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART. Here we have it. Time and patience and labor here should be bestowed. The hidden man of the heart, the real man, the spirit, the affections of the...
21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART] cp. Romans 7:22; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 3:16. IN THAT WHICH IS NOT CORRUPTIBLE, _even the ornament_ OF A MEEK AND QUIET SPIRIT] RV 'in the incorruptible appa
THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE CHRIST _B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teac...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 WIVES AND HUSBANDS v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
A woman can make herself beautiful on the outside. This is not wrong. However, a Christian woman should be beautiful in her spirit too. A ‘gentle spirit’ means that she does not insist that she is alw...
BUT LET IT BE... — The connection of the clauses is somewhat difficult, but is made more so by our translation of 1 Peter 3:3. Literally it would run, _of whom let it not be,_ or, _to whom let there n...
CHAPTER 9 CHRISTIAN WIVES AND HUSBANDS 1 Peter 3:1 THE Apostle gave at first 1 Peter 2:13 the rule of Christian submission generally; then proceeded to apply it to the cases of citizens and of serva...
Duty of wives (Ephesians 5:21-24; Colossians 3:18; Titus 2:4) Submissiveness and true adornment. τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν, _your own husbands_, the motive for submissiveness,...
_Yours be the secret man of the heart not the outward ornament_. A better antithesis and a pretty paradox would be secured by supplying ἄνθρωπος with ὁ ἔξωθεν and taking κ. as predicate: your ornament...
CHRISTIAN FAMILY-LIFE 1 Peter 3:1 In the previous chapter the Apostle had been urging the poor slaves of wealthy householders to submit quietly to wrongs, leaving God to vindicate. Here he turns to t...
The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
SUBMISSION APPLIED TO WIVES Peter continues, in 1 Peter 3:1, to give instructions on submission, as the word "likewise" would indicate. In 2:13 he dealt with government and in 2:18 with masters. God k...
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; (2) While they behold your chaste con...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
_THE TRUE WOMAN_ ‘The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.’ 1 Peter 3:4 I want to try and put before you, keeping clear as far as may be of political considerations, the end which, according to God...
4_But let it be the hidden, man of the heart _The contrast here ought to be carefully observed. Cato said, that they who are anxiously engaged in adorning the body, neglect the adorning of the mind: s...
After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
BUT [LET IT BE] THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART,.... By which is meant internal grace; which gives a beauty and ornament to the soul, far preferable to that which plaiting of the hair, wearing of gold, or...
But _let it be_ the hidden man of the heart, 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. Ver. 4. _But let it be the...
_Whose adorning_, &c, See note on 1 Timothy 2:9; Titus 2:3. “Three things are here expressly forbidden: _curling the hair, wearing gold_, (by way of ornament,) and _putting_ on costly or gay _apparel....
LET IT BE THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART; instead of outward adornments visible to man, let it consist in the inward spiritual state of the heart, invisible to sense, which alone God regards. 1 Samuel 16...
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....
EXHORTATIONS TO THE MARRIED....
There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their "own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
_1 Peter 3:4 ‘but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of. gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.'_ ‘BUT LET IT BE' -Language of choice. Eve...
1-7 The wife must discharge her duty to her own husband, though he obey not the word. We daily see how narrowly evil men watch the ways and lives of professors of religion. Putting on of apparel is n...
THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART; the inward man, ROMANS 7:22 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16; either the soul in opposition to the body, or the image of God, and graces of his Spirit in the soul, called elsewhere _the...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Of this same thing in the Epistle of Peter to the people at Pontus: "Let there be in a woman not the outward adorning of ornament, or...
1 Peter 3:4 rather G235 hidden G2927 person G444 heart G2588 with G1722 incorruptible G862 gentle G4239 and G2532 quiet...
‘Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel, but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible appare...
WIVES ARE TO SUBMIT IN OBEDIENCE TO THEIR HUSBANDS WHO ARE TO RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE JOINT-HEIRS OF THE GRACE OF LIFE (1 PETER 3:1). Peter's view of the new people of God (h...
1 Peter 3:4. BUT THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART. This phrase is taken by some to be practically equivalent to what is elsewhere called the ‘new man' (Colossians 3:10), or the ‘new creature' (2 Corinthian...
When Paul defines the duties of bond-servants, he balances his statement by a corresponding exposition of the duties of masters (Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1). Peter, dealing here specially with the...
BUT THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART (αλλ' ο κρυπτος της καρδιας ανθρωπος). Here ανθρωπος is in contrast with κοσμος just before. See Paul's use of ανθρωπος for the outer and old, the inner and new man ...
1 Peter 3:1. _Likewise, ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your c...
CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another. Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Worldl...
1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
YOUR BEAUTY SHOULD CONSIST. "Develop a radiant personality! This is the true ageless beauty! It shines out of a gentle and quiet spirit, not one that is loud and quarrelsome! God will not be impressed...
THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART The hidden man of the heart. 1 Peter 3:4. The hidden man of the heart! The hidden man of your heart! I wonder what he is like! I'm afraid very few of you could tell me; b...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 3:3 DO NOT LET YOUR ADORNING BE EXTERNAL. Examples of “external... adorning” can be seen in portraits and sculptures from the first century. The elaborate BRAIDING OF women’s...
THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT IN SOCIAL RELATIONS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE main contention of St. Peter is that the Christian life and obligations are not intended to be, and never should be, made...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 3:1 LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants: why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse thirteen of chapter two, Submit yourself to every ordinance of man fo...
1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:11;...
Meek [π ρ α ε ο ς]. See on Matthew 5:5. Of great price [π ο λ υ τ ε λ ε ς]. The word used to describe costly raiment, 1 Timothy 2:9....
The hidden man of the heart — Complete inward holiness, which implies a meek and quiet spirit. A meek spirit gives no trouble willingly to any: a quiet spirit bears all wrongs without being troubled....