Help QuickNav Adv. Options
RSV

RSV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

1 Peter 3 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1 - Likewise you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that some, though they do not obey the word, may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:2 - when they see your reverent and chaste behavior.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:3 - Let not yours be the outward adorning with braiding of hair, decoration of gold, and wearing of fine clothing,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:4 - but let it be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:5 - So once the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves and were submissive to their husbands,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:6 - as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are now her children if you do right and let nothing terrify you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Likewise you husbands, live considerately with your wives, bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:8 - Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love of the brethren, a tender heart and a humble mind.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For "He that would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - let him turn away from evil and do right; let him seek peace and pursue it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 - For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:13 - Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is right?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:14 - But even if you do suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:15 - but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:16 - and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 - For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be God's will, than for doing wrong.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:18 - For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:21 - Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:22 - who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.
RSV

Downloaded from the Oxford Text Archive and used with permission. The following header is required to be posted:

Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

Availability: Freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
RSV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
RSV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

1 Peter Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras