Peter now gives advice to husbands and wives: "Wives be submissive to your husbands so as to win over non-Christians through your purity and reverence... and your beauty shouldn't be outward but should be the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit... holy women of the past were like this such as Sarah who obeyed Abraham and called him master... and husbands be considerate to your wives and treat them with respect as the weaker partner... so that nothing hinders your prayers... and everyone lives in harmony... love, be compassionate and humble... keep your tongue from evil... for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous... so set apart Christ as Lord in your hearts... be prepared to give the reason for the hope that you have... for it's better to suffer for doing good than for doing evil... for Christ died for you once for all to bring you to God... and he went and preached to spirits in prison... who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah... but 8 were saved through water symbolizing baptism that now saves you also... by the resurrection of Jesus Christ".
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