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¹ In like manner, you wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any do not obey the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;² watching your chaste behavior [coupled] with fear.³ Whose [adorning] let it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;⁴ but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.⁵ For after this manner previously the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.⁷ You husbands, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers not be hindered.

⁸ Finally, [be] you all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humbleminded:⁹ not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary blessing; for hereunto were you called, that you should inherit a blessing.¹⁰ For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:¹¹ And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.¹² For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears to their supplication: But the face of the Lord is on those that do evil.¹³ And who is he that will harm you, if you are zealous of that which is good?¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are you:] and don't be afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;¹⁵ but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you,

¹⁶ yet with meekness and fear, having a good conscience; that, wherein you are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.¹⁷ For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;¹⁹ in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,²⁰ that previously were disobedient, when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

²¹ which also after a true likeness does now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;²² who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.