1 Peter 3
Living Bible
3 1-2 Wives, fit in with your husbands’ plans; for then if they refuse to listen when you talk to them about the Lord, they will be won by your respectful, pure behavior. Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words.
3 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on jewelry, or beautiful clothes, or hair arrangement. 4 Be beautiful inside, in your hearts, with the lasting charm of a gentle and quiet spirit that is so precious to God. 5 That kind of deep beauty was seen in the saintly women of old, who trusted God and fitted in with their husbands’ plans.
6 Sarah, for instance, obeyed her husband Abraham, honoring him as head of the house. And if you do the same, you will be following in her steps like good daughters and doing what is right; then you will not need to fear offending your husbands.[a]
7 You husbands must be careful of your wives, being thoughtful of their needs and honoring them as the weaker sex. Remember that you and your wife are partners in receiving God’s blessings, and if you don’t treat her as you should, your prayers will not get ready answers.
8 And now this word to all of you: You should be like one big happy family, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds. 9 Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t snap back at those who say unkind things about you. Instead, pray for God’s help for them, for we are to be kind to others, and God will bless us for it.
10 If you want a happy, good life, keep control of your tongue, and guard your lips from telling lies. 11 Turn away from evil and do good. Try to live in peace even if you must run after it to catch and hold it! 12 For the Lord is watching his children, listening to their prayers; but the Lord’s face is hard against those who do evil.
13 Usually no one will hurt you for wanting to do good. 14 But even if they should, you are to be envied, for God will reward you for it. 15 Quietly trust yourself to Christ your Lord, and if anybody asks why you believe as you do, be ready to tell him, and do it in a gentle and respectful way.
16 Do what is right; then if men speak against you, calling you evil names, they will become ashamed of themselves for falsely accusing you when you have only done what is good. 17 Remember, if God wants you to suffer, it is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong!
18 Christ also suffered. He died once for the sins of all us guilty sinners although he himself was innocent of any sin at any time, that he might bring us safely home to God. But though his body died, his spirit lived on, 19 and it was in the spirit that he visited the spirits in prison and preached to them— 20 spirits of those who, long before in the days of Noah, had refused to listen to God, though he waited patiently for them while Noah was building the ark. Yet only eight persons were saved from drowning in that terrible flood. 21 (That, by the way, is what baptism pictures for us: In baptism we show that we have been saved from death and doom by the resurrection of Christ;[b] not because our bodies are washed clean by the water but because in being baptized we are turning to God and asking him to cleanse our hearts from sin.) 22 And now Christ is in heaven, sitting in the place of honor next to God the Father, with all the angels and powers of heaven bowing before him and obeying him.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 3:6 offending your husbands, implied.
- 1 Peter 3:21 In baptism we show that we have been saved from death and doom by the resurrection of Christ, or “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you through the resurrection.”
1 Pedro 3
La Biblia de las Américas
Deberes conyugales
3 Asimismo vosotras, mujeres(A), estad sujetas a vuestros maridos(B), de modo que si algunos de ellos son desobedientes a la palabra, puedan ser ganados sin palabra alguna por la conducta de sus mujeres(C) 2 al observar vuestra conducta casta y respetuosa[a]. 3 Y que vuestro adorno no sea externo(D): peinados ostentosos[b], joyas de oro o vestidos lujosos, 4 sino que sea el yo interno[c](E), con el adorno[d] incorruptible de un espíritu tierno y sereno, lo cual es precioso delante de Dios. 5 Porque así también se adornaban en otro tiempo las santas mujeres que esperaban en Dios(F), estando sujetas a sus maridos. 6 Así obedeció Sara a Abraham, llamándolo señor(G), y vosotras habéis llegado a ser hijas de ella, si hacéis el bien y no estáis amedrentadas por ningún temor(H).
7 Y vosotros, maridos(I), igualmente, convivid de manera comprensiva[e] con vuestras mujeres, como con un vaso más frágil(J), puesto que es mujer, dándole honor como a coheredera de la gracia de la vida, para que vuestras oraciones no sean estorbadas.
El secreto de la vida feliz
8 En conclusión, sed todos de un mismo sentir[f](K), compasivos, fraternales(L), misericordiosos(M) y de espíritu humilde(N); 9 no devolviendo mal por mal(O), o insulto por insulto(P), sino más bien bendiciendo(Q), porque fuisteis llamados(R) con el propósito de heredar bendición(S). 10 Pues
El que quiere amar la vida y ver días buenos,
refrene su lengua del mal y sus labios no hablen engaño(T).
11 Apártese del mal y haga el bien;
busque la paz y sígala(U).
12 Porque los ojos del Señor están sobre los justos,
y sus oídos atentos a sus oraciones;
pero el rostro del Señor está contra los que hacen el mal(V).
Sufriendo por la justicia
13 ¿Y quién os podrá hacer daño si demostráis tener celo por lo bueno(W)? 14 Pero aun si sufrís por causa de la justicia(X), dichosos sois(Y). Y no os amedrentéis por temor a ellos[g] ni os turbéis(Z), 15 sino santificad a Cristo como Señor(AA) en vuestros corazones, estando siempre preparados para presentar defensa(AB) ante todo el que os demande razón de[h] la esperanza que hay en vosotros(AC), pero hacedlo con mansedumbre(AD) y reverencia[i](AE); 16 teniendo buena conciencia(AF), para que en aquello en que sois calumniados(AG), sean avergonzados los que difaman vuestra buena conducta en Cristo. 17 Pues es mejor(AH) padecer por hacer el bien, si así es la voluntad de Dios(AI), que por hacer el mal. 18 Porque también Cristo murió[j] por los pecados(AJ) una sola vez(AK), el justo por los injustos, para llevarnos a Dios(AL), muerto en la carne(AM) pero vivificado en el espíritu[k](AN); 19 en el cual también fue y predicó a los espíritus encarcelados(AO), 20 quienes en otro tiempo fueron desobedientes cuando la paciencia de Dios(AP) esperaba en los días de Noé(AQ), durante la construcción del arca(AR), en la cual unos pocos, es decir, ocho(AS) personas(AT), fueron salvadas por medio del agua. 21 Y correspondiendo a esto, el bautismo ahora os salva(AU) (no quitando la suciedad de la carne(AV), sino como una petición a Dios de una buena conciencia(AW)) mediante la resurrección de Jesucristo(AX), 22 quien está a la diestra de Dios(AY), habiendo subido[l] al cielo(AZ) después de que le habían sido sometidos ángeles, autoridades y potestades(BA).
Footnotes
- 1 Pedro 3:2 Lit., temerosa
- 1 Pedro 3:3 Lit., cabello trenzado
- 1 Pedro 3:4 Lit., la persona oculta en el corazón
- 1 Pedro 3:4 O, la cualidad
- 1 Pedro 3:7 O, con conocimiento, o, sabiamente
- 1 Pedro 3:8 O, tened todos armonía
- 1 Pedro 3:14 Lit., no temáis su temor
- 1 Pedro 3:15 O, para
- 1 Pedro 3:15 O, temor
- 1 Pedro 3:18 Algunos mss. antiguos dicen: sufrió
- 1 Pedro 3:18 O, Espíritu
- 1 Pedro 3:22 Lit., ido
1 Peter 3
King James Version
3 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7 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.
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
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