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1 Peter 3

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1 Peter 3 . 1

1 Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wivesC1 Peter 3:1-6TOSK1 Peter 3:1TTMarriage (Christ and His Bride)

1 Peter 3 . 2

2 when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.C1 Peter 3:1-6TOSK1 Peter 3:2

1 Peter 3 . 3

3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,C1 Peter 3:1-6TOSK1 Peter 3:3

1 Peter 3 . 4

4 but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.C1 Peter 3:1-6TOSK1 Peter 3:4

1 Peter 3 . 5

5 For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,C1 Peter 3:1-6TOSK1 Peter 3:5TTSarah (Mother of Promise)

1 Peter 3 . 6

6 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.IPGenesis 18:12C1 Peter 3:1-6TOSK1 Peter 3:6

1 Peter 3 . 7

7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:7

1 Peter 3 . 8

8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:8

1 Peter 3 . 9

9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:9

1 Peter 3 . 10

10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.IPPsalms 34:12-16C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:10TTHigh Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)

1 Peter 3 . 11

11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.IPPsalms 34:12-16C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:11TTHigh Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)

1 Peter 3 . 12

12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”IPPsalms 34:12-16C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:12TTHigh Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)

1 Peter 3 . 13

13 Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:13

1 Peter 3 . 14

14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”IPIsaiah 8:13C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:14TTStone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)

1 Peter 3 . 15

15 But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,IPIsaiah 8:13C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:15TTStone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)

1 Peter 3 . 16

16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:16

1 Peter 3 . 17

17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.C1 Peter 3:7-17TOSK1 Peter 3:17

1 Peter 3 . 18

18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,C1 Peter 3:18-22TOSK1 Peter 3:18

1 Peter 3 . 19

19 in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prisonC1 Peter 3:18-22TOSK1 Peter 3:19

1 Peter 3 . 20

20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.IP · Genesis 7:11-24C1 Peter 3:18-22TOSK1 Peter 3:20TTArk of Noah (Salvation Through Judgment) · Crossing the Red Sea (Baptism into Christ) · Noah (Salvation Through Judgment)

1 Peter 3 . 21

21 And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,C1 Peter 3:18-22TOSK1 Peter 3:21TTArk of Noah (Salvation Through Judgment) · Ceremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement) · Noah (Salvation Through Judgment)

1 Peter 3 . 22

22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.C1 Peter 3:18-22TOSK1 Peter 3:22TTHigh Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)

In the wider web15 threads

Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations 1 Peter 3:10-12 → Psalms 34:12-16

Allusions 1 Peter 3:14-15 → Isaiah 8:13, 1 Peter 3:20-21 → Genesis 7:11-24, 1 Peter 3:6 → Genesis 18:12

Trajectories

Ark of Noah (Salvation Through Judgment), Ceremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement), Crossing the Red Sea (Baptism into Christ), High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session), Marriage (Christ and His Bride), Noah (Salvation Through Judgment), Sarah (Mother of Promise), Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)

Chiasms

Shaped 1 Peter 3:1–6, 1 Peter 3:18–22, 1 Peter 3:7–17