1 Likewise, wives, {be} subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without {the} word by the conversation of the wives,

2 having witnessed your pure conversation {carried out} in fear;

3 whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

4 but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible {ornament} of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

5 For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;

6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

7 {Ye} husbands likewise, dwell with {them} according to knowledge, as with a weaker, {even} the female, vessel, giving {them} honour, as also fellow-heirs of {the} grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

8 Finally, {be} all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;

14 But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed {are ye}; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;

15 but sanctify {the} Lord the Christ in your hearts, and {be} always prepared to {give} an answer {to} every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that {is} in you, but with meekness and fear;

16 having a good conscience, that {as to that} in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ.

17 For {it is} better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer {as} well-doers than {as} evildoers;

18 for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, {the} just for {the} unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in {the} Spirit,

19 in which also going he preached to the spirits {which are} in prison,

20 heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in {the} days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

21 which figure also now saves you, {even} baptism, not a putting away of {the} filth of flesh, but {the} demand as before God of a good conscience, by {the} resurrection of Jesus Christ,

22 who is at {the} right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him.

1 Igualmente vós, mulheres, sede sujeitas a vossos maridos, para que, se ainda alguns há que não obedecem à palavra, pelo procedimento das mulheres sejam estes ganhos sem a palavra,

8 Finalmente sede todos de um mesmo sentimento, compassivos, amando-vos como irmãos, misericordiosos, humildes,

14 Mas se padecerdes por causa da justiça, bem-aventurados sois. Não temais as ameaças, nem vos perturbeis,

15 mas santificai nos vossos corações a Cristo como Senhor, estando sempre prontos a dar uma resposta a todo aquele que vos pedir razão da esperança que há em vós, mas com mansidão e temor,

16 tendo uma boa consciência, para que, naquilo em que falam mal de vós, fiquem envergonhados aqueles que vituperam o vosso bom procedimento em Cristo.

17 Pois é melhor, se Deus assim o quiser, que padeçais fazendo o bem do que fazendo o mal.

18 Assim também Cristo morreu uma só vez pelos pecados, o justo pelos injustos, para nos levar a Deus, sendo, na verdade, morto na carne, mas vivificado no Espírito,

19 no qual também foi pregar aos espíritos em prisão,

20 os quais noutro tempo foram desobedientes, quando a longanimidade de Deus esperava nos dias de Noé, enquanto se fabricava a arca, na qual poucas pessoas, isto é, oito almas, se salvaram através das águas.

21 Esta água, figurando o batismo, agora vos salva, não a purificação da imundícia da carne, mas a questão a respeito de uma boa consciência paa com Deus, pela ressurreição de Jesus Cristo,

22 que está à mão direita de Deus, tendo subido ao céu, ficando-lhe submissos anjos, autoridades e poderes.