1In the same way, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any do not obey the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; 2beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear. 3Let your adorning not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on clothing; 4but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible clothing of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5For in this way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror. 7You husbands, in the same way, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; so that your prayers may not be hindered. 8Finally, all of you be likeminded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humbleminded: 9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary blessing; for to this you were called, that you should inherit a blessing. 10For, He who would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit: 11And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it. 12For the eyes of Yehovah are upon the righteous, And his ears to their supplication: But the face of Yehovah is upon those who do evil. 13And who is he who will harm you, if you are zealous for that which is good? 14But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are you: and do not fear their fear, neither be troubled; 15but sanctify in your hearts Messiah as Lord: being ready always to give an answer to every man who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear: 16having a good conscience; that, in the thing in which you are spoken against, those who revile your good manner of life in Messiah may be put to shame. 17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing. 18Because Messiah also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20who formerly were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: 21which also as a true likeness now saves you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Yeshua Messiah; 22who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.