5for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,


In Context

2 having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

3 whose adorning — let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

4 but — the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

5 for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

6 as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him 'sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

7 The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them, according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel — to the wife — imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

1 Peter 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For after this manner heretofore the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: