1 Pet. 3:1-61 Pet. 3:1-6

“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;” 1 Pet. 3:1

““In like manner”In like manner”

Advice to Wives:Advice to Wives:

Be in subjection

Chaste behavior

Watch what you wear

Have a meek and quiet spirit

Eph. 5:22 “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”

Col. 3:18 “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”

1 Cor. 11:3 “the head of the woman is man”

Tit. 2:3-5 Older teach younger to obey

“to her own husband”

“as unto the Lord”

“as the church is subject unto Christ”

“in every thing

““as it is fit in the Lord”as it is fit in the Lord”

1. Man was created first1. Man was created first

“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.” 1 Tim. 2:12-13

2. Woman was taken from the man2. Woman was taken from the man

“For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.” 1 Cor. 11:8-91 Cor. 11:8-9

3. Woman is the glory of man3. Woman is the glory of man

“For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.” 1 Cor. 11:71 Cor. 11:7

4. Woman’s part in the transgression4. Woman’s part in the transgression

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” 1 Tim. 2:141 Tim. 2:14

1.1. Does not mean inferiorityDoes not mean inferiority

2.2. Joy and blessing in submissionJoy and blessing in submission

3.3. Submit when you do not agreeSubmit when you do not agree

4.4. Does not mean you have no part in Does not mean you have no part in making decisionsmaking decisions

Forces husband to become a kind of person neither will be proud of.

He will become a tyrant or hen pecked.

Shows disrespect for God and husband.

She is asking for trouble.

“While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.”

1 Pet. 3:2

Clean, innocent, modest, pure

This may win your husband to Christ

What isChaste Behavior ?

Godly Living

Submission

Christian Wife

Example

Pure from fault, holy, clean, free from evil

Without the word

Godly influence

Coupled with fear

Reverence for her husband

She respects her husband because she fears God.

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.” 1 Pet. 3:3-4

AdorningAdorningInner adornment was more importantAdorn the heart

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;” 1 Tim. 2:9

Inward Man is the New ManInward Man is the New ManMeek = not self will, try to please God

Quiet Spirit = calm, tranquil, at peacePromotes Peace and HarmonyPromotes Peace and Harmony

Unity and HarmonyFollow God’s will for the home

“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.” 1 Pet.3:5-6

Sarah obeyed AbrahamCalled him Lord = title of respect / honor

You are her daughtersYou are her daughters

Subjection

Chaste

Inward Character

Meek & Quiet

1 Pet. 3:1-61 Pet. 3:1-6