1 Wives, likewise, subject yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, [that] by the conduct of their wives, without a word, they shall be gained [for Christ],
2 when they observe your chaste conduct with fear.
3 Of whom let it not be the outward adorning of braiding of hair, and wearing of gold, or of putting on of [fine] clothes,
4 rather [let it be] the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible [attitude] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious before God.
5 For thus formerly, the holy women who hoped on God also adorned themselves, subjecting themselves to their own husbands,
6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom you became children, when you do good and are not afraid of any terror.