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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

1 Peter 3:6 → Genesis 18:12

Allusion

Later text

1 Peter 3:6BSB

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

Earlier text

Genesis 18:12BSB

So she laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square13:15

Significance

Peter cites Sarah as a model of submission and faith: "just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord" (hōs Sarra hypēkousen tō Abraam kyrion auton kalousa). This alludes to Genesis 18:12, where Sarah refers to Abraham as "my master" (adoni, my lord) in her inner thoughts when she hears the promise of a son. The term kyrios in the LXX of Genesis 18:12 matches Peter's kyrios. Peter's use of this detail is notable — he draws the positive pattern of respectful deference from a narrative that also includes Sarah's laughter of doubt (Gen 18:12-15). Peter selects the element of honor in Sarah's address of Abraham while applying it analogically to Christian wives, encouraging them to "do what is right and refuse to give way to fear" (3:6b). The analogy grounds wifely conduct in the patriarchal narrative while extending it to the new covenant context.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy

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Sarah (Mother of Promise) Trajectory Table