Parallel Verses
NET Bible
when they see your pure and reverent conduct.
New American Standard Bible
as they observe your chaste and
King James Version
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Holman Bible
when they observe your pure, reverent lives.
International Standard Version
when they see your pure and reverent lives.
A Conservative Version
observing, in fear, your pure behavior.
American Standard Version
beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.
Amplified
when they see your modest and respectful behavior [together with your devotion and appreciation—love your husband, encourage him, and enjoy him as a blessing from God].
An Understandable Version
be won by observing your godly and respectful behavior.
Anderson New Testament
by observing your blameless and reverential conduct.
Bible in Basic English
When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.
Common New Testament
when they see your chaste and respectful behavior.
Daniel Mace New Testament
by observing the religious chastity of their manners.
Darby Translation
having witnessed your pure conversation carried out in fear;
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
(when they behold you chaste behavior, joined with reverence:)
Godbey New Testament
beholding your chaste deportment which is with reverence:
Goodspeed New Testament
when they see how chaste and submissive you are.
John Wesley New Testament
Beholding your chaste conversation joined with fear:
Julia Smith Translation
Having beheld in fear your pure turning back.
King James 2000
While they behold your chaste behavior coupled with fear.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[when they] see your respectful, pure conduct.
Modern King James verseion
having witnessed your chaste behavior in the fear of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
while they behold your pure conversation coupled with fear.
Moffatt New Testament
when they see how chaste and reverent you are.
Montgomery New Testament
when they see how pure and reverent you are.
New Heart English Bible
seeing your pure behavior in fear.
Noyes New Testament
when they behold your chaste behavior coupled with fear.
Sawyer New Testament
seeing your pure mode of life in the fear [of God].
The Emphasized Bible
Having been permitted to behold your reverently chaste behaviour, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
being eye-witnesses of your chaste behaviour with timidity.
Twentieth Century New Testament
as they watch your submissive and blameless conduct.
Webster
While they behold your chaste manner of life coupled with fear.
Weymouth New Testament
so full of reverence, and so blameless!
Williams New Testament
when they see how chaste and respectful you are.
World English Bible
seeing your pure behavior in fear.
Worrell New Testament
having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear:
Worsley New Testament
beholding your chaste conversation in the fear of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,
Themes
Christian conduct » Fulfilling domestic duties
Marriage » The duties of a wife
Wives » Good » Duty of, to unbelieving husbands
Interlinear
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Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wives And Husbands
1 In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, 2 when they see your pure and reverent conduct. 3 Let your beauty not be external -- the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes --
Phrases
Cross References
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,
Philippians 1:27
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven -- and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching -- like those who are strictly people-pleasers -- but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
1 Peter 1:15
but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,
1 Peter 2:12
and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
1 Peter 3:5-6
For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,
1 Peter 3:15-16
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
2 Peter 3:11
Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,