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Wives and Husbands
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1In the same way, you wives should be willing to serve your husbands. Then, even those who have refused to accept God's teaching will be persuaded to believe because of the way you live. You will not need to say anything. 2Your husbands will see the pure lives that you live with respect for God. 3It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful. 4No, your beauty should come from inside you - the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. That beauty will never disappear. It is worth very much to God.
 5It was the same with the holya women who lived long ago and followed God. They made themselves beautiful in that same way. They were willing to serve their husbands. 6I am talking about women like Sarah. She obeyed Abrahamb, her husband, and called him her master. And you women are true children of Sarah if you always do what is right and are not afraid.
 7In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. You should show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you - the gracec of true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers from being heard.

Suffering for Doing Right
 8So all of you should live together in peace. Try to understand each other. Love each other like brothers and sisters. Be kind and humble. 9Don't do wrong to anyone to pay them back for doing wrong to you. Or don't insult anyone to pay them back for insulting you. But ask God to bless them. Do this because you yourselves were chosen to receive a blessing. 10The Scripturesd say,
"If you want to enjoy true life and have only good days,
then avoid saying anything hurtful, and never let a lie come out of your mouth.
 11Stop doing what is wrong, and do good. Look for peace, and do all you can to help people live peacefully.
 12The Lord watches over those who do what is right, and he listens to their prayers.
But he is against those who do evil."e		  
 13If you are always trying to do good, no one can really harm you. 14But you may suffer for doing right. If that happens, you have God's blessing. "Don't be afraid of the people who make you suffer; don't be worried."f 15But keep the Lord Christ holy in your hearts. Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you to explain about the hope you have. 16But answer them in a gentle way with respect. Keep your conscience clear. Then people will see the good way you live as followers of Christ, and those who say bad things about you will be ashamed of what they said.
 17It is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong. Yes, it is better if that is what God wants.
 18Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins.
He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring all of you to God.
In his physical form he was killed, but he was made alive by the Spiritg.		  
 19And by the Spirit he went and preached to the spirits in prison. 20Those were the spirits who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for people while Noah was building the big boat. And only a few - eight in all - were saved in the boat through the floodwater. 21And that water is like baptismi, which now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. It is asking God for a clean conscience. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death. 22Now he has gone into heaven. He is at God's right side and rules over angels, authorities, and powers.
aholy When referring to people or things, holy means set apart or chosen for a special use; especially, belonging to God or used only for him. It can also mean pure or perfect, worthy of God and fit for his service. When God is called holy, in addition to the idea of pure and perfect, it often means he is completely separate or different from and above everything else that exists. In the New Testament God’s people are holy because they have been made perfect and pure through Christ and, with the help of the Holy Spirit, keep themselves away from sin and live only for God.
bAbraham The most respected ancestor of the Jewish people. Through him God promised to make a great nation and bless all the people of the earth. Read Gen. 12:1-3.
cgrace The love and kindness that God shows in his complete willingness to give people favors he does not owe them and blessings they don’t deserve.
dScripture Part of the Scriptures or “Holy Writings” - the Old Testament.
ePsalm 34:12-16
f3:14 Quote from Isa. 8:12.
gSpirit See “Holy Spirit.”
h3:18 by the Spirit Or “in the spirit.” Also in verse 19.
ibaptism A Greek word usually referring to the act of dipping or “burying” a person briefly in water, connected with their decision to change their life and turn to God, trusting him to forgive their sins. For people coming to faith in Jesus Christ it was an expression of their trust in his death as the sacrifice God accepted to pay for their sins. Described as a sharing in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, it marked the beginning of their new life in Christ as part of God’s people. See Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:3, 4; Gal. 3:26-28; Col. 2:12, 13.