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MODERN LITERAL VERSION - 2026 Update

3:1       Likewise, wives be subject to your° own husbands in-order-that, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be gained without a word through the conduct of their wives,

3:2 after they eye-witnessed your° pure conduct in fear,

3:3 whose adornment, do not let it be the outward acts of braiding the hairs, and of placing on of gold things or of clothing of expensive garments,

3:4 but let it be the hidden human things of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is greatly-valued in God’s sight.

3:5 For^* so the holy women, the ones also hoping upon God, were previously adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

3:6 as Sarah obeyed^* Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you° became, doing^* good and not fearing any terror. {Gen 18:12-15}      

3:7 Likewise the husbands, dwell together-with your° wives according-to the knowledge, bestowing honor to the wife, as the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that^* your° prayers may not be hindered.      

3:8 Now to the end, all be like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, affectionate, friendly;

3:9 not repaying evil in exchange-for evil or reviling in exchange-for reviling, but instead, speaking well of others; knowing that you° were called ^*for this, in-order-that you° should inherit a blessing.

3:10 For^* he who wills to love^* life and to see good days, let his tongue cease from speaking evil, and also his lips not to speak treachery.

3:11 Let him shun away from evil and let him practice good. Let him seek peace and let him pursue it,

3:12 because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are toward their supplication. But the face of the Lord is against people practicing evil things. {Psa 34:12-16}      

3:13 And who is he who will be mistreating you°, if you° become imitators of the good one?

3:14 But even if you° may suffer because of righteousness, you° are fortunate. But do° not fear because of their fear, nor should you° be disturbed;

3:15 but make° the Lord God holy in your° hearts, and be ready habitually with a defense to everyone who is asking you° for a reason concerning the hope which is in you°, with meekness and fear,

3:16 having a good conscience, in-order-that, in what they are speaking against you° as evildoers, they may be ashamed, the ones railing at your° good conduct in Christ.

3:17 For^* it is better to suffer doing^* good than for doing^* evil (if the will of God wills it),

3:18 because Christ also suffered once for all concerning our sins, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, in-order-that he might lead you ° to God, was indeed slain in the flesh, but was made^* alive in the spirit,

3:19 in which, also, after he traveled and preached to the spirits in prison {Eph 2:17} .

3:20 They were previously disobedient, when the patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few (this is, eight) souls were saved through water,

3:21 which is our counterpart, immersion^*, which saves us also now, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but a demand of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

3:22 who is at the right hand of God, after traveling into heaven, where messengers and authorities and powers were made subject to him. {Gen 6:3, 12}