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Berean Standard Bible

“Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives”

1 Peter 3:1

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Peter turns to instructions for households in a society where Christians were a minority. He begins with wives whose husbands did not share their faith, a situation many early believers faced.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

World English Bible (WEB)

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

King James Version (KJV)

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

American Standard Version (ASV)

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;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

In like manner, the wives, be you subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

ASIMISMO vosotras, mujeres, sed sujetas á vuestros maridos; para que también los que no creen á la palabra, sean ganados sin palabra por la conversación de sus mujeres,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Así mismo, esposas, obedezcan a sus esposos, para que al obedecerlos, si alguno de ellos no cree en la palabra pueda convencerlo el comportamiento de ustedes más que sus palabras,

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