Wives and Husbands
(Song 1:1–17; Ephesians 5:22–33)
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 wives Col 3:18Eph 5:33Eph 5:22-241Co 11:3Tit 2:3-61Co 7:16Gen 3:161Pe 3:7 when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. 1Pe 2:121Pe 1:15Php 1:272Pe 3:11Eph 5:331Pe 3:15-161Pe 3:5-6Col 3:22
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, 1Ti 2:9-10Rom 12:2Isa 3:18-24Tit 2:3-15Isa 61:10Jer 4:30Ezk 16:7-13Jer 2:32 but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. Col 3:121Sa 16:7Mat 11:29Rom 2:29Tit 3:2Mat 23:26Rom 7:222Co 4:16 For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands, 1Ti 5:5Tit 2:3-41Ti 2:151Ti 5:10Act 9:36Luk 2:37Luk 8:2-3Pro 31:30 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. Gen 18:12Rom 9:7-9Dan 3:16-18Isa 57:11Act 4:19Mat 26:69-751Pe 3:14-15Act 4:8-13
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. Col 3:19Gen 2:23-24Eph 5:25-28Mat 19:3-91Co 7:3Eph 5:33Mal 2:14-16Mat 18:19
Turning from Evil
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. Rom 12:10Eph 4:311Pe 1:22Php 4:8-9Jas 3:17Eph 4:2Zec 7:9Col 3:12 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. Rom 12:17Pro 20:22Rom 12:14Rom 12:19-211Th 5:15Luk 6:27-29Mat 5:44Pro 17:13 For, Psa 34:12-16Jas 1:261Pe 2:11Pe 2:22Rev 14:5Jas 3:1-10Jhn 1:47Jhn 12:25
“Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech.
He must turn from evil and do good; Mat 5:9Heb 12:14Psa 34:14Col 3:15Rom 14:19Jas 4:17Rom 14:173Jn 1:11
he must seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, Psa 34:15-16Jhn 9:31Pro 15:29Pro 15:32Ch 7:15Jas 5:16Pro 15:82Ch 16:9
and His ears are inclined to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against
those who do evil.” 1
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good? Pro 16:7Rom 8:281Th 5:153Jn 1:11Psa 38:201Co 14:11Ti 5:10Eph 5:1
Suffering for Righteousness
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.” 2 Mat 10:281Pe 2:19-20Mat 5:10-12Isa 41:10-14Isa 8:12-131Pe 4:13-162Co 12:10Jas 1:12 But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. 3 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, Col 4:62Ti 2:25-26Luk 21:14-151Pe 3:2Mat 10:18-20Heb 6:1Psa 119:46Tit 1:2 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ. 1Pe 2:121Pe 2:15Heb 13:18Tit 2:8Mat 5:111Pe 2:191Ti 1:5Act 24:16 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 1Pe 3:141Pe 4:19Mat 26:391Pe 2:151Pe 2:20Act 21:14Mat 26:421Pe 4:15
For Christ also suffered 4for 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, Heb 9:28Heb 9:262Co 5:211Pe 4:6Tit 2:14Rom 5:6-81Jn 1:9Col 1:21-22 in whom 5He also went and preached to the spirits in prison 1Pe 4:6Isa 61:1Isa 42:7Isa 49:9Neh 9:30Rev 20:71Pe 1:11-12Rev 19:10 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. Heb 11:72Pe 2:5Gen 6:3Gen 6:5Gen 8:18Gen 6:13Rom 2:4-5Gen 7:13
In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of 6a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Mrk 16:16Ezk 36:25-26Act 2:38Act 22:16Gal 3:27Eph 5:26Rom 10:9-101Pe 1:3 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. Heb 9:24Heb 12:2Heb 10:12Eph 1:20-21Mrk 16:19Rom 8:34Heb 6:20Heb 8:1