<vn='1'><sn="3668">Likewise</s>, ye <sn="1135">wives</s>, be in <sn="5293">subjection</s> to your <sn="2398">own</s><sn="435">husbands</s>; <sn="2443">that</s>, if <sn="1536">any</s> obey <sn="544">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>, they <sn="2532">also</s> may <sn="427">without</s> the <sn="3056">word</s> be <sn="2770">won</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="391">conversation</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1135">wives</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>While they <sn="2029">behold</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="53">chaste</s><sn="391">conversation</s> coupled <sn="1722">with</s><sn="5401">fear</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3739">Whose</s><sn="2889">adorning</s> let it <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2077">be</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1855">outward</s> adorning of <sn="1708">plaiting</s> the <sn="2359">hair</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="4025">wearing</s> of <sn="5553">gold</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> of putting <sn="1745">on</s> of <sn="2440">apparel</s>; </v>
<vn='4'><sn="235">But</s> let it be <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2927">hidden</s><sn="444">man</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2588">heart</s>, <sn="1722">in</s> that which is not <sn="862">corruptible</s>, even the ornament of a <sn="4239">meek</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2272">quiet</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="2076">is</s> in the <sn="1799">sight</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> of great <sn="4185">price</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s> after this <sn="3779">manner</s> in the old <sn="4218">time</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="1135">women</s><sn="2532">also</s>, who <sn="1679">trusted</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2885">adorned</s><sn="1438">themselves</s>, being in <sn="5293">subjection</s> unto their <sn="2398">own</s><sn="435">husbands</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>Even <sn="5613">as</s><sn="4564">Sarah</s><sn="5219">obeyed</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>, <sn="2564">calling</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2962">lord</s>: <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="5043">daughters</s> ye <sn="1096">are</s>, as long as ye do <sn="15">well</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> are not <sn="5399 3361">afraid</s> with <sn="3367">any</s><sn="4423">amazement</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3668">Likewise</s>, ye <sn="435">husbands</s>, dwell <sn="4924">with</s> them <sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="1108">knowledge</s>, <sn="632">giving</s><sn="5092">honor</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1134">wife</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> unto the <sn="772">weaker</s><sn="4632">vessel</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5613">as</s> being heirs <sn="4789">together</s> of the <sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="2222">life</s>; that <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4335">prayers</s> be <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1581">hindered</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5056">Finally</s>, be ye <sn="3956">all</s> of one <sn="3675">mind</s>, having compassion one of <sn="4835">another</s>, love as <sn="5361">brethren</s>, be <sn="2155">pitiful</s>, be <sn="5391">courteous</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3361">Not</s><sn="591">rendering</s><sn="2556">evil</s><sn="473">for</s><sn="2556">evil</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="3059">railing</s><sn="473">for</s><sn="3059">railing</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="5121">contrariwise</s><sn="2127">blessing</s>; <sn="1492">knowing</s><sn="3754">that</s> ye are <sn="1519 5124">thereunto</s><sn="2564">called</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye should <sn="2816">inherit</s> a <sn="2129">blessing</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1063">For</s> he that <sn="2309">will</s><sn="25">love</s><sn="2222">life</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="18">good</s><sn="2250">days</s>, let him <sn="3973">refrain</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1100">tongue</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2556">evil</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5491">lips</s> that they <sn="2980">speak</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="1388">guile</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>Let him <sn="1578">eschew</s><sn="2556">evil</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4160">do</s><sn="18">good</s>; let him <sn="2212">seek</s><sn="1515">peace</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1377">ensue</s><sn="846">it</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3788">eyes</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s> are <sn="1909">over</s> the <sn="1342">righteous</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3775">ears</s> are open <sn="1519">unto</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="1162">prayers</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> the <sn="4383">face</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s> is <sn="1909">against</s> them that <sn="4160">do</s><sn="2556">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5101">who</s> is he that will <sn="2559">harm</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> ye <sn="1096">be</s><sn="3402">followers</s> of that which is <sn="18">good</s>? </v>
<vn='14'><sn="235">But</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1487">if</s> ye <sn="3958">suffer</s> for righteousness' <sn="1223 1343">sake</s>, <sn="3107">happy</s> are ye: <sn="1161">and</s> be not <sn="5399 3361">afraid</s> of <sn="846">their</s><sn="5401">terror</s>, <sn="3366">neither</s> be <sn="5015">troubled</s>; </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="37">sanctify</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>: <sn="1161">and</s> be <sn="2092">ready</s><sn="104">always</s> to give an <sn="4314 627">answer</s> to every <sn="3956">man</s> that <sn="154">asketh</s><sn="5209">you</s> a <sn="3056">reason</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1680">hope</s> that is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="4240">meekness</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5401">fear</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2192">Having</s> a <sn="18">good</s><sn="4893">conscience</s>; <sn="2443">that</s>, <sn="1722 3739">whereas</s> they speak evil <sn="2635">of</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> of <sn="2555">evildoers</s>, they may be <sn="2617">ashamed</s> that falsely <sn="1908">accuse</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="18">good</s><sn="391">conversation</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1063">For</s> it is <sn="2909">better</s>, <sn="1487">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2307">will</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2309">be</s> so, that ye <sn="3958">suffer</s> for well <sn="15">doing</s>, <sn="2228">than</s> for evil <sn="2554">doing</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2532">also</s> hath <sn="530">once</s><sn="3958">suffered</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="266">sins</s>, the <sn="1342">just</s><sn="5228">for</s> the <sn="94">unjust</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> he might <sn="4317">bring</s><sn="2248">us</s> to <sn="2316">God</s>, being put to <sn="2289">death</s> in <sn="*3303">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2227">quickened</s> by <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s>: </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1722">By</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="2532">also</s> he <sn="4198">went</s> and <sn="2784">preached</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">spirits</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5438">prison</s>; </v>
<vn='20'>Which <sn="4218">sometime</s> were <sn="544">disobedient</s>, <sn="3753">when</s><sn="530">once</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3115">longsuffering</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1551">waited</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2250">days</s> of <sn="3575">Noah</s>, while the <sn="2787">ark</s> was a <sn="2680">preparing</s>, <sn="1519 3739">wherein</s><sn="3641">few</s>, that <sn="5123">is</s>, <sn="3638">eight</s><sn="5590">souls</s> were <sn="1295">saved</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="5204">water</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>The like <sn="499">figure</s><sn="3739">whereunto</s> even <sn="908">baptism</s> doth <sn="2532">also</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="4982">save</s><sn="2248">us</s> ( <sn="3756">not</s> the putting <sn="595">away</s> of the <sn="4509">filth</s> of the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="235">but</s> the <sn="1906">answer</s> of a <sn="18">good</s><sn="4893">conscience</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="2316">God</s>,) <sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="386">resurrection</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>: </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3739">Who</s> is <sn="4198">gone</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, and <sn="2076">is</s><sn="1722">on</s> the right <sn="1188">hand</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="32">angels</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1849">authorities</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1411">powers</s> being made subject <sn="5293">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>