1 Peter 3

Treated in 16 passages across the library.

  • 3:18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 4
  • 3:3 Whose [adorning] let it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; 3
  • 3:4 but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 3
  • 3:7 Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered. 2
  • 3:15 but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear: 2
  • 3:19 in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, 2
  • 3:20 that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: 2
  • 3:5 For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: 1
  • 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror. 1
  • 3:8 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: 1
  • 3:9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 1
  • 3:10 For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: 1

American Standard Version

  1. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites 1 Pet. 3:9

    …ty of calling his brother, “Thou fool,” [Matt. 5:22] or returning “railing for railing.” [1 Pet. 3:9] It is plain that all you who thus speak, if ye repent not, shall, with your infirmities,…

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Dress cites 1 Pet. 3:3

    …en the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.” 1 Pet. 3:3, 4. 1. St. Paul exhorts all those who desire to “be transformed by the renewal of their m…

  3. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    The Man Who Prays cites 1 Peter 3:7

    …ands to treat their wives with understanding, "so that nothing will hinder your prayers" (1 Peter 3:7). Think about that. How you treat your wife can block your prayers from being heard. Many…

  4. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Loving Her as Christ Loved the Church cites 1 Peter 3:7

    …s heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers" (1 Peter 3:7). Three things shine here. First, live with her — not leaving her alone while you drink w…

  5. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Farewell Sermon cites 1 Pet. iii. 10

    …watch against a contentious spirit. If you would see good days, seek peace, and ensue it, 1 Pet. iii. 10, 11. Let the contention which has lately been about the terms of Christian communion, as …

  6. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites 1 Pet. 3:15

    … Christian behavior among men, arising from humility, that the Scripture often speaks of, 1 Pet. 3:15, "Be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you—with meekness and fear." Romans…

  7. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    IX. Gracious affections soften the heart, and are attended and followed with a Christian tenderness of spirit cites 1 Pet. 3:15

    …h a kind of holy fear in all their behavior towards God and man; agreeably to Psal. 2:11, 1 Pet. 3:15, 2 Cor. 7:15, Eph. 6:5, 1 Pet. 3:2, Rom. 11:20. But here some may object and say, is ther…

  8. Clothed with Strength and Dignity · Ochorus Originals

    Guarding Your Heart: Emotions, Tongue, and Gentle Spirit cites 1 Peter 3:4

    …en the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." 1 Peter 3:4 (KJV) The book of Proverbs warns us to guard our hearts with all diligence, for out of th…

  9. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Moses cites 1 Peter 3:18

    …t hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and all authorities being subject to Him” (1 Peter 3:18,22). Praise God that the work of the cross is a complete work. Jesus does not need to be …

  10. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Exhortations to those who are called cites 1 Pet. iii. 8

    …lk courteously. The spirit of the gospel is full of meekness and candour. “Be courteous” (1 Pet. iii. 8). Take heed of a morose, supercilious behaviour. Religion does not take away civility, bu…

  11. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites 1 Pet 3: 6

    … as her reverence and obedience to her husband. ‘Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord.’ 1 Pet 3: 6. The special duties belonging to marriage, are love and fidelity. Love is the marriage of…

  12. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

    Notes cites 1 Pet. iii. 18

    …n the antithesis of flesh and spirit is found where Christ is spoken of. (1 Tim. iii. 16; 1 Pet. iii. 18.) In these passages the Spirit is applied to whatever belongs to Christ (apart from the f…

  13. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Difficulties Concerning Guidance cites 1 Pet. 3:3-4

    …h a clear direction may not be found in God’s book. Take the matter of dress, and we have 1 Pet. 3:3-4 “ Do not let your adorning be external — the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold …

  14. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is There a Literal Hell? cites 1 Peter 3:18-20

    …ise. I think Jesus Himself went also into that part of Hades where the lost spirits were (1 Peter 3:18-20), but that is another story that we will consider later. All that is important now is tha…

  15. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is Future Punishment Everlasting? cites 1 Peter 3:18-20

    … to be the plain teaching of the passages we have been studying. 1. The first of these is 1 Peter 3:18-20: "Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he …

  16. A Brand Plucked from the Fire · Julia A. J. Foote

    Love not the World cites 1 Pet. iii. 3-5

    …ray, but which becometh a woman professing godliness, with good works." 1 Tim. ii. 9, 10; 1 Pet. iii. 3-5. I might quote many passages to the same effect, if I had time or room. Will you not hunt…