1 Peter 3:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Your adornment should not be an external one: braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or dressing in fine clothes,(A) 4 but rather the hidden character of the heart, expressed in the imperishable beauty of a gentle and calm disposition, which is precious in the sight of God. 5 For this is also how the holy women who hoped in God once used to adorn themselves and were subordinate to their husbands;
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