The First Letter of Peter - commentary - interpretation - meaning
The First Letter of St. Peter is a book written by the Apostle Peter to Christians scattered across the provinces of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). This letter aims to comfort and strengthen the faithful who are experiencing persecution and hardships due to their faith. Peter encourages them to persevere, live in holiness, and trust in God, even in the face of suffering.
First Epistle of St. Peter, chapter 3:1-7
interpretation, meaning, commentary, explanation
(1) Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
The head of the family is to be the man. Peter, like Paul, writes that the woman is to obey her husband, even one who is not a believer. Such obedience has its limits when God is pushed to the background by the husband's behavior. God should always come first, and if the husband, forces the woman to disobey, for example, any of God's commandments, then the wife has the right to disobey her husband with firmness and a calm conscience toward the Creator.
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