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In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your won husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

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beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.

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Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

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but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of YAHUVEH of great price.

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For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in YAHUVEH, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him master: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

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Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

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Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

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not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

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And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

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For the eyes of YAHUVEH are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of YAHUVEH is upon them that do evil.

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And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?

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But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

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but sanctify in your hearts YAHUVEH Almighty: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

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having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Messiah.

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For it is better, if the will of YAHUVEH should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

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Because Messiah also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to YAHUVEH; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

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in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

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that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of YAHUVEH waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

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which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward YAHUVEH, through the resurrection of YAHUSHUA the Messiah;

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who is one the right hand of YAHUVEH, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.