1 Peter 3:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Ye

Titus 2:3

Obey

Hebrews 11:8

They

1 Corinthians 7:16

Colossians 4:5

Won

Matthew 18:15

1 Corinthians 9:19

James 5:19

General references

1 Timothy 2:11

Bible References

Ye

For a married woman is legally bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But, when he dies, she is released from the marriage contract.

Wives, you should submit to your own husbands, as you would to the Lord.

You wives should submit to your husbands, as this is proper in [the fellowship of] the Lord.

A woman should learn [the Scriptures] in quietness, being fully submissive.

Older women, likewise, should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of what is good.

Obey

[Since] you have purified your souls by [your] obedience to the truth [i.e., the Gospel message], which produces a genuine love for your brothers, [now] you should have this kind of fervent, heartfelt love for one another.

For the time has [now] come for the house of God [the church, See I Tim. 3:15] to begin receiving judgment [i.e., by undergoing persecution], and if it starts with us [Christians], what will be the [ultimate] end of people who do not obey the Gospel of God?

Thank God that you people, who were once slaves to [the practice of] sin, became obedient from [your] heart to the pattern of teaching [i.e., the Gospel message] you committed yourself to.

But not everyone [of the Israelites] obeyed [that] good news. For Isaiah said [Isa. 53:1], "Lord, who has believed our message?"

He will inflict punishment on those people who do not know God [as Savior], and on those who do not obey the Gospel message of our Lord Jesus.

and after becoming perfectly [qualified], He became the source of never ending salvation to all those who obey Him.

By [having] faith, when Abraham was called [by God] to leave [his homeland] and go to a place he would later receive as an inheritance [i.e., Palestine], he obeyed God and went out, not knowing where he was going.

They

How can you know, [Christian] wife, whether or not you will [be able to] convert your husband? Or how can you know, [Christian] husband, whether or not you will [be able to] convert you wife?

Be wise in the way you live in front of outsiders [i.e., non-Christians], making the most of every opportunity.

Won

"And if your brother sins against you, go and show him where he wronged you, [but] keep it between just the two of you. If he listens to you [i.e., accepts your reasoning and repents], you have won your brother [back].

For although I am free from [being accountable to] all people, I placed myself under obligation to them [as a slave], so as to win as many as possible [to Christ].

My brothers, if anyone among you strays away from the truth [of God's inspired message], and someone brings him back [to it],

General references

A woman should learn [the Scriptures] in quietness, being fully submissive.