1 Petrus 2:12

2:12 and maintain good conduct ¹  among the non-Christians, ²  so that though ³  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. ⁴ 

1 Petrus 3:1

Wives and Husbands

3:1 In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ⁵  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ⁶ 

1 Petrus 3:21

3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ⁷  – not the washing off of physical dirt ⁸  but the pledge ⁹  of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

[2:12]  ¹ tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12]  ² tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12]  ³ tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12]  ⁴ tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16).

[3:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “that…they may be won over,” showing the purpose of “being subject” (vs. 1b). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”

[3:21]  ⁷ tn Grk “which also, [as] an antitype, now saves you, [that is] baptism.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “the removal of the dirt of the flesh,” where flesh refers to the physical make-up of the body with no moral connotations.

[3:21]  ⁹ tn Or “response”; “answer.”