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First Epistle of Peter, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of 1 Peter—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In like manner,1 YOU wives, be in subjection2 to YOUR own husbands, in order that, if any are not obedient3 to the word, they may be won[a]4 without a word[b] through the conduct of [their] wives,5
  2. because of having been eyewitnesses of YOUR chaste conduct6 together with deep respect.
  3. And do not let YOUR adornment be that of the external braiding of the hair7 and of the putting on of gold ornaments8 or the wearing of outer garments,
  4. but let it be the secret person[c]9 of the heart in the incorruptible [apparel]10 of the quiet and mild spirit,11 which is of great value in the eyes of God.
  5. For so, too, formerly the holy women[d] who were hoping in God used to adorn themselves, subjecting themselves to their own husbands,
  6. as Sarah used to obey Abraham, calling him “lord.”12 And YOU have become her children, provided YOU keep on doing good and not fearing any cause for terror.13
  7. ¶ YOU husbands, continue dwelling in like manner14 with them according to knowledge,15 assigning them honor16 as to a weaker vessel, the feminine one, since YOU are also heirs17 with them of the undeserved favor of life, in order for YOUR prayers not to be hindered.18
  8. ¶ Finally, all of YOU be like-minded,19 showing fellow feeling,[e] having brotherly affection, tenderly compassionate,20 humble in mind,21
  9. not paying back injury for injury22 or reviling for reviling,23 but, to the contrary, bestowing a blessing,24 because YOU were called to this [course], so that YOU might inherit a blessing.
  10. ¶ For, “he that would love life and see good days,25 let him restrain his tongue26 from what is bad and [his] lips from speaking deception,27
  11. but let him turn away from what is bad28 and do what is good; let him seek peace and pursue it.29
  12. For [the] eyes30 of Jehovah[f] are upon the righteous ones, and his ears are toward their supplication;31 but [the] face of Jehovah[g] is against those doing bad things.”32
  13. ¶ Indeed, who is the man that will harm YOU if YOU become zealous for what is good?33
  14. But even if YOU should suffer for the sake of righteousness, YOU are happy.34 However, the object of their fear do not YOU fear,35 neither become agitated.36
  15. But sanctify the Christ as Lord[h] in YOUR hearts,37 always ready to make a defense38 before everyone that demands of YOU a reason for the hope in YOU, but doing so together with a mild temper39 and deep respect.[i]
  16. ¶ Hold a good conscience,40 so that in the particular in which YOU are spoken against they may get ashamed41 who are speaking slightingly of YOUR good conduct in connection with Christ.42
  17. For it is better to suffer because YOU are doing good,43 if the will of God wishes it, than because YOU are doing evil.44
  18. Why, even Christ died once for all time concerning sins,45 a righteous [person] for unrighteous ones,46 that he might lead YOU to God,47 he being put to death in the flesh,48 but being made alive in the spirit.49
  19. In this [state] also he went his way and preached[j] to the spirits in prison,50
  20. who had once been disobedient51 when the patience of God52 was waiting in Noah’s days, while the ark was being constructed,53 in which a few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water.54
  21. ¶ That which corresponds to this[k] is also now saving YOU,55 namely, baptism, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request made to God for a good conscience,)56 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.57
  22. He is at God’s right hand,58 for he went his way to heaven; and angels59 and authorities and powers were made subject to him.60

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “They may be won,” אABVg; Syp, “you may win them”; J18, “you may win them to Jehovah.”
  2. ^ Or, “the word.”
  3. ^ Or, “the secret man.” Lit., “the hidden man.”
  4. ^ Or, “wives.”
  5. ^ “Showing fellow feeling.” Lit., “sympathetic.” Gr., sym·pa·theisʹ.
  6. ^ See App 1D.
  7. ^ See App 1D.
  8. ^ “The Christ as Lord,” אABC; TR, “the Lord God”; J7,8,11-14,16,17,24, “Jehovah God.”
  9. ^ Lit., “fear.”
  10. ^ Or, “heralded.” Gr., e·keʹry·xen; Lat., prae·di·caʹvit. Compare Da 5:29 ftn, “Heralded.”
  11. ^ Lit., “Which thing as an antitype.” Gr., ho . . . an·tiʹty·pon.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Pe 2:21
  2. ^ Ro 7:2; 1Co 11:3; 14:34; Eph 5:22
  3. ^ Ro 10:16
  4. ^ Pr 11:30
  5. ^ 1Co 7:16
  6. ^ 1Pe 2:12
  7. ^ 1Ti 2:9
  8. ^ Pr 11:22
  9. ^ Ro 7:22; Eph 3:16
  10. ^ 2Co 4:16; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10
  11. ^ Pr 25:28; Col 3:12
  12. ^ Ge 18:12; Eph 5:33
  13. ^ Pr 3:25; Pp 1:28
  14. ^ 1Pe 2:21
  15. ^ 1Co 7:3
  16. ^ Eph 5:25
  17. ^ Ga 3:28
  18. ^ La 3:44
  19. ^ 1Co 1:10; Pp 2:2
  20. ^ Ro 12:10; Col 3:12
  21. ^ Ro 15:5
  22. ^ Ro 12:17; 1Th 5:15
  23. ^ 1Pe 2:23
  24. ^ Ro 12:14; 1Co 4:12
  25. ^ Ps 34:12
  26. ^ Jm 3:8
  27. ^ Ps 34:13; 1Ti 3:11
  28. ^ Pr 8:13
  29. ^ Ps 34:14; 1Th 5:13; Jm 3:17; 3Jo 11
  30. ^ 1Jo 3:22
  31. ^ Ps 34:15
  32. ^ Ps 34:16
  33. ^ Da 6:5; Ro 13:3
  34. ^ Mt 5:12; Ac 5:41; 1Pe 2:19
  35. ^ Is 8:12
  36. ^ Mt 10:28
  37. ^ 1Co 1:2
  38. ^ Col 4:6
  39. ^ Pr 15:1; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:25; Ti 3:2
  40. ^ Ac 23:1; 24:16; 1Ti 1:5, 19; 3:9
  41. ^ Ti 2:8
  42. ^ Ro 12:21; 1Pe 2:12
  43. ^ 2Co 1:7; Col 1:24; 1Pe 4:12
  44. ^ Ac 5:9; 1Pe 4:15
  45. ^ Is 53:6; Heb 9:28
  46. ^ Ro 5:6
  47. ^ 2Co 5:18
  48. ^ 1Co 15:50; Col 1:22
  49. ^ 1Ti 3:16
  50. ^ Lu 8:31; 2Pe 2:4; Jd 6
  51. ^ Ge 6:2
  52. ^ Ge 6:3
  53. ^ Ge 6:14
  54. ^ Ge 7:23
  55. ^ Col 2:12
  56. ^ Heb 9:9, 14; 10:2, 22
  57. ^ Ro 6:4
  58. ^ Ps 110:1; Ac 7:55; Heb 10:12
  59. ^ Heb 1:6
  60. ^ Mt 28:18; 1Co 15:25; Eph 1:21; Pp 2:9

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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