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 bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if he dies, the marriage law no longer applies to her.

You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,

You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, for that is your duty as Christians.

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.

Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

Obey

Now that by obeying the truth you have purified your souls for sincere love of the brotherhood, you must love one another intensely and heartily,

For the time has come for the judgment to begin with the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who refuse God's good news?

But, thank God! though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from your hearts to the standard of teaching that you received,

It is true, they have not all accepted the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what we have told?"

in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

and when he was fully qualified, he became a source of unending salvation for all who obey him,

Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

They

For how do you wives know whether you will save your husbands? Or how do you husbands know whether you will save your wives?

Use wisdom in dealing with outsiders, making the most of your opportunities.

Won

"But if your brother wrongs you go to him and show him his fault while you are alone with him. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

Though I am free from anyone's control, I have made myself everyone's slave, so as to win over all the more.

My brothers, if any one of you is led astray from the truth, and someone brings him back,

General references

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.