Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, theyalso may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in thatwhich is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quietspirit, which is in the sight of God of greatprice.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwellwiththemaccording to knowledge, givinghonourunto the wife, as unto the weakervessel, and as beingheirstogether of the grace of life; thatyourprayers be not hindered.
But sanctify the Lord God in yourhearts: and be readyalways to give an answer to every man thatasketh you a reason of the hopethat is in you withmeekness and fear:
For Christalsohathoncesuffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he mightbring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Whichsometimeweredisobedient, whenonce the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eightsoulsweresaved by water.
The likefigurewhereuntoevenbaptismdothalso now save us (not the puttingaway of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a goodconsciencetoward God,) by the resurrection of JesusChrist: