1 Peter 3 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Similiter et mulieres subditæ sint viris suis: ut etsi qui non credunt verbo, per mulierem conversationem sine verbo lucrifiant:
1 In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,
2 considerantes in timore castam conversationem vestram.
2 seeing your pure behavior in fear.
3 Quarum non sit extrinsecus capillatura, aut circumdatio auri, aut indumenti vestimentorum cultus:
3 Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,
4 sed qui absconditus est cordis homo, in incorruptibilitate quieti, et modesti spiritus, qui est in conspectu Dei locuples.
4 but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.
5 Sic enim aliquando et sanctæ mulieres, sperantes in Deo, ornabant se, subjectæ propriis viris.
5 For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands.
6 Sicut Sara obediebat Abrahæ, dominum eum vocans: cujus estis filiæ benefacientes, et non pertimentes ullam perturbationem.
6 So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are if you do well and are not put in fear by any terror.
7 Viri similiter cohabitantes secundum scientiam, quasi infirmiori vasculo muliebri impartientes honorem, tamquam et cohæredibus gratiæ vitæ: ut non impediantur orationes vestræ.
7 You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
8 In fine autem omnes unanimes, compatientes fraternitatis amatores, misericordes, modesti, humiles:
8 Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
9 non reddentes malum pro malo, nec maledictum pro maledicto, sed e contrario benedicentes: quia in hoc vocati estis, ut benedictionem hæreditate possideatis.
9 not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
10 Qui enim vult vitam diligere, et dies videre bonos, coërceat linguam suam a malo, et labia ejus ne loquantur dolum.
10 For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 Declinet a malo, et faciat bonum: inquirat pacem, et sequatur eam:
11 Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 quia oculi Domini super justos, et aures ejus in preces eorum: vultus autem Domini super facientes mala.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
13 Et quis est qui vobis noceat, si boni æmulatores fueritis?
13 Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?
14 Sed et si quid patimini propter justitiam, beati. Timorem autem eorum ne timueritis, et non conturbemini.
14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
15 Dominum autem Christum sanctificate in cordibus vestris, parati semper ad satisfactionem omni poscenti vos rationem de ea, quæ in vobis est, spe.
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,
16 Sed cum modestia, et timore, conscientiam habentes bonam: ut in eo, quod detrahunt vobis, confundantur, qui calumniantur vestram bonam in Christo conversationem.
16 having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.
17 Melius est enim benefacientes (si voluntas Dei velit) pati, quam malefacientes.
17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil.
18 Quia et Christus semel pro peccatis nostris mortuus est, justus pro injustis, ut nos offerret Deo, mortificatus quidem carne, vivificatus autem spiritu.
18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
19 In quo et his, qui in carcere erant, spiritibus veniens prædicavit:
19 in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
20 qui increduli fuerant aliquando, quando exspectabant Dei patientiam in diebus Noë, cum fabricaretur arca: in qua pauci, id est octo animæ, salvæ factæ sunt per aquam.
20 who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
21 Quod et vos nunc similis formæ salvos fecit baptisma: non carnis depositio sordium, sed conscientiæ bonæ interrogatio in Deum per resurrectionem Jesu Christi.
21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 Qui est in dextera Dei, deglutiens mortem ut vitæ æternæ hæredes efficeremur: profectus in cælum subjectis sibi angelis, et potestatibus, et virtutibus.
22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
Cross references (22)
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- 1 Colossians 3:18; Ephesians 5:33; Ephesians 5:22–24; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Titus 2:3–6
- 2 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 1:15; Philippians 1:27; Ephesians 5:33; 2 Peter 3:11
- 3 1 Timothy 2:9–10; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 3:18–24; Titus 2:3–15; Isaiah 61:10
- 4 Colossians 3:12; 1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 11:29; Romans 2:29; Titus 3:2
- 5 1 Timothy 5:5; Titus 2:3–4; Luke 8:2–3; Proverbs 31:30; 1 Timothy 2:15
- 6 Genesis 18:12; Romans 9:7–9; Daniel 3:16–18; Isaiah 57:11; Acts 4:19
- 7 Colossians 3:19; Genesis 2:23–24; Ephesians 5:25–28; Matthew 19:3–9; 1 Corinthians 7:3
- 8 Romans 12:10; Ephesians 4:31–5:2; 1 Peter 1:22; Philippians 4:8–9; James 3:17
- 9 Romans 12:17; Proverbs 20:22; Romans 12:14; Romans 12:19–21; 1 Thessalonians 5:15
- 10 Psalm 34:12–16; James 1:26; 1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 2:1; Revelation 14:5
- 11 Matthew 5:9; Hebrews 12:14; Psalm 34:14; Romans 14:19; Colossians 3:15
- 12 Psalm 34:15–16; John 9:31; Proverbs 15:29; Proverbs 15:3; 2 Chronicles 7:15
- 13 Proverbs 16:7; Romans 8:28; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 3 John 11; Psalm 38:20
- 14 Matthew 10:28; 1 Peter 2:19–20; Matthew 5:10–12; Isaiah 41:10–14; Isaiah 8:12–13
- 15 Colossians 4:6; 2 Timothy 2:25–26; Luke 21:14–15; 1 Peter 3:2; Matthew 10:18–20
- 16 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 2:15; Hebrews 13:18; Titus 2:8; Matthew 5:11
- 17 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:19; Matthew 26:39; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 2:20
- 18 Hebrews 9:28; Hebrews 9:26; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 4:6; Titus 2:14
- 19 1 Peter 4:6; Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 49:9; Nehemiah 9:30
- 20 Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:5; Genesis 6:3; Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:18
- 21 Mark 16:16; Ezekiel 36:25–26; Galatians 3:27; Acts 22:16; Acts 2:38
- 22 Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 12:2; Ephesians 1:20–21; Hebrews 10:12; Mark 16:19
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