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Berean Standard Bible

“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,”

1 Peter 3:3

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Peter gives advice to wives in the household, including those with unbelieving husbands. He turns to the matter of what makes a person attractive.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

World English Bible (WEB)

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

whose adorning -- let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

El adorno de las cuales no sea exterior con encrespamiento del cabello, y atavío de oro, ni en compostura de ropas;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

No busquen ustedes la belleza externa que producen adornos tales como peinados exagerados, joyas de oro y vestidos lujosos.

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