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1 Peter 3:7
7You husbands must also respect your wives. Be kind to your wife and help her. Remember that she is not as strong as you are. Because God is very kind, she has received his gift of true life, as you have. So you should respect her. Then God will answer you when you pray to him.
1 Peter 3:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
- New International Version (NIV)Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
Context of 1 Peter 3:7
5That was how holy women made themselves beautiful many years ago. They trusted God that he would help them. They respected the authority of their husbands. 6Sarah was a woman like that. She obeyed her husband, Abraham. She called him, ‘My master’. So you wives also should do what is right. Do not let anything make you afraid. Then you will be like true daughters of Sarah. You husbands must also respect your wives. Be kind to your wife and help her. Remember that she is not as strong as you are. Because God is very kind, she has received his gift of true life, as you have. So you should respect her. Then God will answer you when you pray to him. 8Now I want to say this to you before I finish my letter. All of you should agree with each other in what you think. You should try to understand how other people are feeling. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be kind to each other. Do not think that you are more important than other people. 9If people do bad things to you, do not do anything bad to them in return. If people insult you, do not insult them in return. Instead, pray that God will bless those people. That is what God wants you to do. Then you will receive the gift of God's blessing.
Read all of 1 Peter 31 Peter 3:7 word by word
Οἱ ἄνδρες ὁμοίως, συνοικοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσιν ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ ἀπονέμοντες τιμὴν ὡς καὶ συγκληρονόμοις χάριτος ζωῆς εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐγκόπτεσθαι τὰς προσευχὰς ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
- ye husbandsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- ye husbandsἀνήρanēr · man: husbandG435
- dwell withσυνοικέωsunoikeō · to live withG4924
- according toκατάkata · according toG2596
- knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsis · knowledgeG1108
- givingἀπονέμωaponemō · to render as dueG632
- honourτιμήtimē · honorG5092
- unto the wifeγυναικεῖοςgunaikeios · feminineG1134
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- unto the weakerἀσθενήςasthenēs · weakG772
- vesselσκεῦοςskeuos · vesselG4632
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- being heirs togetherσυγκληρονόμοςsugklēronomos · co-heirG4789
- of the graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- of lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
- thatεἰςeis · towardG1519
- yourσύsu · youG4771
- prayersπροσευχήproseuchē · prayerG4335
- beἐκκόπτωekkoptō · to preventG1581
- notμήmē · notG3361
Cross-references for 1 Peter 3:7
- Genesis 2:23Then the man said, ‘Finally, this is someone who is right for me. She has bones that are taken from my bones. Her body comes from my body. I will call her “woman” because God used me, a man, to make her.’
- Proverbs 5:15You should enjoy your own wife, as you enjoy clean water to drink.
- Malachi 2:14You ask, ‘Why is the Lord not happy with our gifts?’ The Lord knows that you men have not done the right thing with your wives. When you married as a young man, you promised to take care of your wife always. But you have sent her away, when the law says that you must stay with her as your wife.
- Matthew 19:3Some Pharisees came to talk to Jesus. They wanted to see how he would answer their question. They asked, ‘Can a man send his wife away so that she is no longer his wife? Is it right for him to do that for any reason he chooses?’
- 1 Corinthians 7:3Then they may have sex with each other in the right way. A husband should agree to have sex with his wife. And the wife should do the same thing for her husband.
- Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives. Do not bring trouble to them.
- Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church. He even agreed to die on its behalf.
- 1 Corinthians 12:22No. Even the parts of a body that seem to be weaker are very necessary.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4Each of you men must learn to rule his own body properly. Then you will do only what is pure and right.
- Ephesians 3:6This is the message of God's good news: Gentiles, as well as Jews, may receive the good things that God has prepared for his children. We may all belong to the same group of God's people, like we are his body. Everyone who is united with Christ Jesus receives the good things that God has promised.
- Hebrews 1:14So we see that all the angels are spirits who serve God. God sends them as his servants to help the people that he will save.
- Job 42:8You three men must now go to Job. Take seven bulls and seven male sheep with you. Burn them as sacrifices for yourselves. After you have done that, my servant Job will pray for you. I will answer his prayer. Then I will not punish you as you deserve because of your foolish words. My servant Job has spoken the truth about me, but you have not.’
- Matthew 5:23Maybe you go to the temple to give your gift to God. You take it to the altar. But then you remember that your brother is angry with you.
- Matthew 18:19Two people may agree together to ask God for something. If they agree like that, then my Father in heaven will give them what they ask for.
- Romans 8:26God's Spirit also helps us to do this. Because we are weak, we do not know how we ought to pray. But God's Spirit himself prays for us. He cries to God on our behalf in a way that nobody could say with words.
- Ephesians 4:30Do not do anything that will make God's Holy Spirit sad. God gave his Holy Spirit to you to show that you belong to him. As a result you know that God will make you completely free one day.
Commentaries on 1 Peter 3:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Dwell with them according to knowledge - Give your wives, by no species of unkind carriage, any excuse for delinquency. How can a man expect his wife to be faithful to him, if he be unfaithful to her? and vice versa. Giving honor unto the wife - Using your superior strength and experience in her behalf, and thus honouring her by becoming her protector and support. But the word honor, signifies maintenance as well as respect; - maintain, provide for the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Likewise, ye husbands - On the general duty of husbands, see the notes at Ephesians 5:25 ff. Dwell with them - That is, “Let your manner of living with them be that which is immediately specified.” According to knowledge - In accordance with an intelligent view of the nature of the relation; or, as becomes those who have been instructed in the duties of this relation according to the gospel. The meaning evidently is, that they should seek to obtain just…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7In the same way: Like slaves and wives, husbands also have specific responsibilities in the household (2:18–3:6). as a delicate vessel: Peter was likely referring to a woman’s physical strength and possibly her lower social status in that society. Because women were usually physically weaker than men and often had less power to protect themselves, the husband had the responsibility to care for and protect his wife. fellow heirs of the gracious gift of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. dwell--Greek, "dwelling": connected with the verb, 1Pe 2:17, "Honor all." knowledge--Christian knowledge: appreciating the due relation of the sexes in the design of God, and acting with tenderness and forbearance accordingly: wisely: with wise consideration. them ... giving honour to the wife--translate and punctuate the Greek rather, "dwelling according to knowledge with the female (Greek adjective, qualifying 'vessel'; not as English Version, a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Peter 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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