3:5–6
Peter now gave an example of a woman in the Old Testament who had this inner beauty, Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
3:5a
For: The Greek conjunction that the Berean Standard Bible translates as For here introduces an example of women who acted as Peter had just recommended. Some English versions do not translate this conjunction. Translate it in a way that is natural to introduce an example in your language. Here is another way to translate this:
For example (Contemporary English Version)
this is how: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as this is how here refers back to the previous verse and implies “having a gentle and quiet spirit and not wearing excessive clothes and jewelry.” Here is another way to translate this phrase:
In this same way (New Century Version)
3:5b
the holy women of the past: Peter was referring to the women whose good lives were recorded in the Old Testament.
holy women: The phrase holy women means women who belonged to God and who lived pure and pious lives because they belonged to God. Some other ways to translate this phrase include:
devout women (Good News Translation)
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women of God’s people (Revised English Bible)
adorned themselves: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as adorned themselves is a verb is in the imperfect, implying that this is what the holy women regularly or customarily did. Some other ways to translate this phrase are:
used to make themselves beautiful (New International Version)
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expressed their beauty (God’s Word)
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their beauty was like this…
3:5c
They put their hope in God: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as They put their hope in God means “They trusted God.” See how you translated hope in 1:3c and 1:21c.
3:5d
and were submissive to their husbands: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as were submissive is the same as in 3:1a.
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