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1 Peter 3:3-5
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Peter 3:3-5
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
3 Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] [a]interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes;
4 But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God.
5 For it was thus that the pious women of old who hoped in God were [accustomed] to beautify themselves and were submissive to their husbands [adapting themselves to them as themselves secondary and dependent upon them].
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- 1 Peter 3:3 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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