1 PETRUS 3
Die gedrag van man en vrou teenoor mekaar
(Vgl. Ef. 5:22-32; Kol. 3:18-19)
1-2 Vrouens, julle moet aan julle mans onderdanig wees. As daar van julle is met mans wat nie die woord van God glo nie, en die mans sien hoe godvresend julle is en hoe voorbeeldig julle julle gedra, sal hulle vir Christus gewen kan word deur die gedrag van hulle vrouens. Dit sal nie eens vir julle nodig wees om 'n woord te sê nie.
3 Julle skoonheid moet nie bestaan in uiterlike dinge soos haarkapsels, juwele en sierlike klere nie. 4 Nee, julle skoonheid moet dié van die innerlike mens wees: blywende beskeidenheid en kalmte van gees. Dit het by God groot waarde. 5 In die ou dae het die gelowige vrouens wat op God gehoop het, hulle ook so versier: hulle was aan hulle mans onderdanig. 6 Sara, byvoorbeeld, was aan Abraham gehoorsaam en het met eerbied na hom verwys. As julle doen wat goed is en julle nie deur dreigemente laat afskrik nie, is julle haar dogters.
7 Mans, julle moet verstandig met julle vrouens saamleef. Bewys eer aan hulle as die swakker geslag wat saam met julle deel in die lewe as genadegawe. Dan sal julle kan bid sonder dat iets julle hinder.
Hoe elkeen hom moet gedra
8 Ten slotte: Wees almal eensgesind, medelydend, liefdevol, goedhartig, nederig. 9 Moenie kwaad met kwaad vergeld of belediging met belediging nie. Inteendeel, antwoord met 'n seënwens, want daartoe is julle geroep, sodat julle die seën van God kan verkry.
10 Daar staan geskrywe: “As iemand die lewe liefhet en 'n lang lewe begeer om die goeie te geniet, moet hy sy tong weerhou van kwaadpraat en sy lippe van leuens.
11 Bly weg van die kwaad af en doen wat goed is, soek vrede en jaag dit na!
12 Die Here sorg vir die opregtes en luister na hulle hulpgeroep, maar Hy tree op teen dié wat kwaad doen.”t
Dit is 'n voorreg om te ly vir wat goed is
13 Wie sal julle kwaad aandoen as julle julle beywer vir wat goed is? 14 Maar selfs as julle sou ly omdat julle doen wat reg is, moet julle dit as 'n voorreg beskou. Moenie vir mense bang wees of julle laat afskrik nie. 15 In julle harte moet daar net heilige eerbied wees vir Christus die Here. Wees altyd gereed om 'n antwoord te gee aan elkeen wat van julle 'n verduideliking eis oor die hoop wat in julle lewe. 16 Maar doen dit met beskeidenheid en met eerbied vir God. Sorg dat julle gewete skoon bly, sodat dié wat julle oor julle goeie lewenswandel in Christus belaster, daaroor skaam kan kry dat hulle kwaad van julle gepraat het. 17 As dit die wil van God mag wees dat julle moet ly wanneer julle goed doen, is dit beter só as om te ly wanneer julle kwaad doen.
18 Ook Christus het een maal vir die sondes gely, die onskuldige vir die skuldiges, om julle na God te bring, Christus wat as mens doodgemaak is, maar deur die Gees lewend gemaak is. 19 En so het Hy na die geeste in die gevangenis gegaan en daar sy oorwinning aangekondig. 20 Dit is hulle wat aan God ongehoorsaam gebly het toe Hy groot geduld met hulle aan die dag gelê het in die tyd toe Noag die ark gebou het. Net 'n klein klompie in die ark, ag in getal, is deur die water gered. 21 Dit dui op die doop, waardeur julle ook nou gered word. Die doop is nie 'n afwassing van die vuilheid van die liggaam nie, maar 'n bede tot God om 'n skoon gewete, en dit red julle op grond van die opstanding van Jesus Christus. 22 Hy is nou aan die regterhand van God nadat Hy die engele en magte en kragte aan Hom onderwerp het en die hemel ingegaan het.
1 Peter 3
1 IN LIKE manner, you married women, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them], so that even if any do not obey the Word [of God], they may be won over not by discussion but by the [godly] lives of their wives,2 When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves, together with your reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him--to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband].3 Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] 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].6 It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham [following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him lord (master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you do right and let nothing terrify you [not giving way to hysterical fears or letting anxieties unnerve you].7 In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God’s unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.]8 Finally, all [of you] should be of one and the same mind (united in spirit), sympathizing [with one another], loving [each other] as brethren [of one household], compassionate and courteous (tenderhearted and humble).9 Never return evil for evil or insult for insult (scolding, tongue-lashing, berating), but on the contrary blessing [praying for their welfare, happiness, and protection, and truly pitying and loving them]. For know that to this you have been called, that you may yourselves inherit a blessing [from God--that you may obtain a blessing as heirs, bringing welfare and happiness and protection].10 For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good--whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit).11 Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!]12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), and His ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who practice evil [to oppose them, to frustrate, and defeat them]. 13 Now who is there to hurt you if you are zealous followers of that which is good?14 But even in case you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, [you are] blessed (happy, to be envied). Do not dread or be afraid of their threats, nor be disturbed [by their opposition].15 But in your hearts set Christ apart as holy [and acknowledge Him] as Lord. Always be ready to give a logical defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope that is in you, but do it courteously and respectfully. 16 [And see to it that] your conscience is entirely clear (unimpaired), so that, when you are falsely accused as evildoers, those who threaten you abusively and revile your right behavior in Christ may come to be ashamed [of slandering your good lives].17 For [it is] better to suffer [unjustly] for doing right, if that should be God’s will, than to suffer [justly] for doing wrong.18 For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit,19 In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison,20 [The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God’s patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. 21 And baptism, which is a figure [of their deliverance], does now also save you [from inward questionings and fears], not by the removing of outward body filth [bathing], but by [providing you with] the answer of a good and clear conscience (inward cleanness and peace) before God [because you are demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.22 [And He] has now entered into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with [all] angels and authorities and powers made subservient to Him.