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1 Peter 3:2-4
New English Translation

2 when they see your pure and reverent conduct.[a] 3 Let your[b] beauty[c] not be external—the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry[d] or fine clothes— 4 but the inner person[e] of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:2 tn Grk “behavior,” the same word translated “the way you live” in vs. 1.
  2. 1 Peter 3:3 tn Grk “whose,” referring to the wives.
  3. 1 Peter 3:3 tn Or “adornment.”
  4. 1 Peter 3:3 tn The word “jewelry” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate that gold ornaments or jewelry is intended; otherwise the reader might assume wearing gold-colored clothing was forbidden.
  5. 1 Peter 3:4 tn Grk “the hidden man.” KJV’s “the hidden man of the heart,” referring to a wife, could be seriously misunderstood by the modern English reader.
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