1 Peter 3:2-5

3:2 when they see your pure and reverent conduct. ¹  3:3 Let your ²  beauty ³  not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry ⁴  or fine clothes – 3:4 but the inner person ⁵  of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. 3:5 For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

[3:2]  ¹ tn Grk “behavior,” the same word translated “the way you live” in vs. 1.

[3:3]  ² tn Grk “whose,” referring to the wives.

[3:3]  ³ tn Or “adornment.”

[3:3]  ⁴ tn The word “jewelry” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate that gold ornaments or jewelry is intended; otherwise the reader might assume wearing gold-colored clothing was forbidden.

[3:4]  ³ tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.