Marriage on Mission | Wednesday in The Word for June 11, 2025

1 Peter 3:1-10

Submission to Husbands

3 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,

2 when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

3 Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—

4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,

6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.

A Word to Husbands

7 Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

Called to Blessing

8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;

9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

10 For

“He who would love life

And see good days,

Let him refrain his tongue from evil,

And his lips from speaking deceit.

Context

• How can one’s conduct be a witness to an unbelieving spouse? (1 Peter 2:15, 3:1, 7, 1 Corinthians 7:12-14)

Reflection

1. Why does Peter focus on the ‘incorruptible beauty’ of the heart? (1 Samuel 16:7, Proverbs 31:30, 1 Timothy 3:2, 9-13)
2. What is biblical submission? (1 Corinthians 11:3, Ephesians 5:21-33, Colossians 3:18-22, Titus 2:3-5, 1 Timothy 2:9-12)
3. How does a husband ‘dwell with understanding’? (Genesis 2:24, 25, 1 Peter 3:7)
4. Why are we to be of ‘one mind’?
5. Why these words from Psalm 34? (1 Peter 3:8-10, Galatians 6:10, Ephesians 4:2-6, Philippians 2:1-5, Colossians 3:13, 14)

Testimony Time

1. How does my marriage model the gospel?
2. How is my treatment of my spouse a witness to the world? (Ecclesiastes 4:9, 10, Ephesians 5:32, 33, Colossians 3:18, 19, 1 Timothy 5:1-8, 1 Peter 3:15)