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Verse 6. _EVEN AS SARA OBEYED_] Almost the same words are in _Rab.
Tanchum_, fol. 9, 3: "The wife of Abraham reverenced him, and called
him lord, as it is written, Genesis 18:12: _And my lord is old_....
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EVEN AS SARA OBEYED ABRAHAM - Sarah was one of the most distinguished
of the wives of the patriarchs, and her case is referred to as
furnishing one of the best illustrations of the duty to which the
a...
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III. CHRIST THE PATTERN FOR HIS SAINTS
CHAPTER 2:11-3:9
_ 1. Abstinence and submission (1 Peter 2:11)_
2. Christ the pattern for those who suffer (1 Peter 2:18)
3. Glorifying Christ in the marriage...
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This counsel to wives and husbands is full of a fine courtesy, and
true chivalry, and shows how the new leaven is at work in the thought
of the Church. It is not only a contrast to paganism, but has t...
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Let not your adornment be an outward thing of braided hair and
ornaments of gold and wearing of robes, but let it be an adornment of
the inward personality of the heart, wrought by the unfading
loveli...
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THE SILENT PREACHING OF A LOVELY LIFE (1 Peter 3:1-2)...
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EVEN. Omit.
LORD. Greek. _kurios._ Compare App-98.
DAUGHTERS. children. App-108.
ARE. are become.
DO WELL. See 1 Peter 2:15.
ANY. no. Greek. _medeis._. double negative here.
AMAZEMENT. terror. Gr...
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_even as Sara obeyed Abraham_ The tense which St Peter uses would seem
to imply a reference to some special instance of obedience, but, as
the history of Genesis supplies no such instance in act, we a...
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ΚΎΡΙΟΝ ΚΑΛΟΥ͂ΣΑ. The only passage where Sarah is
actually described as calling Abraham her “lord” is in Genesis
18:12, but St Peter is referring to her habitual attitude towards
Abraham.
ἯΣ ἘΓΕΝΉΘΗΤΕ...
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B. SOCIAL DUTIES. 1 Peter 2:13 to 1 Peter 3:12
13 This warfare against heathen principles of living does not mean
the subversion of the necessary bonds of society. Rather it deepens
and intensifies...
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ΣΆΡΡΑ (G4564) Сара. Сара — пример женщины,
украшавшей себя кротостью и
повиновением мужу (Balch, 103).
ΎΠΉΚΟΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΥΠΑΚΟΎΩ (G5219)
слушаться, повиноваться,
ΚΑΛΟΎΣΑ _praes. act. par...
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AND ARE NOT AFRAID WITH ANY AMAZEMENT.— That is, according to some,
"Are not by any means discouraged from so doing." Dr. Heylin renders
it, _And do not despond in any terror._ I here understand, says...
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_3. TOWARD HUSBANDS 3:1_-6
1 Peter 3:1-2 In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own
husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the
word be gained by the behavior of t...
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VERSE 6. EVEN SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM.
Sarah went so far in her submission to her husband as to apply to him
the designation of "Lord." The Christian wives among the addressed,
who were of Jewish birth,...
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21 Following in the footprints left by our Lord while He was on earth
is often taken as the ideal of human deportment for believers in
Christ. And so it is-for the Circumcision, to whom Peter writes....
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3:6 doing (q-13) That is, assuming they do....
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LORD] RV 'lord': cp. Genesis 18:12.
YE ARE] RV 'ye now are'; RM 'ye are become.' They became Abraham's
daughters when they became Christians, but, if they are to continue
such, perseverance is require...
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THE BLESSEDNESS OF CHRIST'S PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY SHOULD SUFFER LIKE
CHRIST
_B_ (iii). 1 Peter 3:1. Another divinely created ordinance of man is
marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teac...
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What Peter wrote in verses 1-4 is not new. It is true for all women in
every country at all times. Abraham and Sarah lived nearly 2000 years
before Peter wrote this letter. You can read about them in...
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MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
1 PETER
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 3
WIVES AND HUSBANDS
v1 You wives must respect and obey your own husbands. Some husbands do
not obey God’s word. When they see your good beh...
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EVEN AS SARA. — A definite example of the general fact just alleged.
St. Peter seems rather to have argued from what every one would feel
_must_ have been the case than from explicit records. Sara’s u...
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CHAPTER 9
CHRISTIAN WIVES AND HUSBANDS
1 Peter 3:1
THE Apostle gave at first 1 Peter 2:13 the rule of Christian
submission generally; then proceeded to apply it to the cases of
citizens and of serva...
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ὡς … καλοῦσα. The only evidence that can be adduced from
the O.T. narrative is _Sarah laughed within herself and said …
“but my lord is old_ ” (Genesis 18:12). The phrase, if pressed,
implies a nomina...
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Duty of wives (Ephesians 5:21-24; Colossians 3:18; Titus 2:4)
Submissiveness and true adornment. τοῖς ἰδίοις
ἀνδράσιν, _your own husbands_, the motive for submissiveness,...
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CHRISTIAN FAMILY-LIFE
1 Peter 3:1
In the previous chapter the Apostle had been urging the poor slaves of
wealthy householders to submit quietly to wrongs, leaving God to
vindicate. Here he turns to t...
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The marriage relation was then dealt with, and special emphasis was
laid on the fact that the true adornment of woman is found in her
character rather than in her dress. Husbands are charged to dwell...
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SUBMISSION APPLIED TO WIVES
Peter continues, in 1 Peter 3:1, to give instructions on submission,
as the word "likewise" would indicate. In 2:13 he dealt with
government and in 2:18 with masters. God k...
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Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are,
as long as ye do well, and are (5) not afraid with any amazement.
(5) Because women are by nature fearful, he gives them to unde...
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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; (2) While they behold your chaste
con...
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The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day,
believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a
considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
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6_And are not afraid _The weakness of the sex causes women to be
suspicious and timid, and therefore morose; for they fear lest by
their subjection, they should be more reproachfully treated. It was
t...
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After this general exhortation, brief but important to believers, the
apostle takes up the relative walk of Christians in a world where on
the one hand God watches over all, yet where He permits His o...
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EVEN AS SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM,.... Going along with him wherever he
went, as from Chaldea to Canaan, and into Egypt, and the land of the
Philistines, saying the words he put into her mouth, Genesis 12:...
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Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are,
as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Ver. 6. _Calling him lord_] See here, how in a great heap of sin,...
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_For after this manner_ Namely, with inward holiness and outward
plainness; _in old time_ In the patriarchal ages; _the holy women who
trusted in God_ And therefore did not act thus from servile fear,...
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CALLING HIM LORD; thus acknowledging her subjection to him as her
rightful head. Genesis 18:12; 1 CORINTHIANS 11:3.
AMAZEMENT; such apprehension of danger as would prevent them from
doing their duty....
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EXHORTATIONS TO THE MARRIED....
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EVEN AS SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM, CALLING HIM LORD; WHOSE DAUGHTERS YE
ARE, AS LONG AS YE DO WELL, AND ARE NOT AFRAID WITH ANY AMAZEMENT....
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There is similar instruction for wives, for theirs is the subject
place, certainly not as slaves to a master, but as joined to their
"own husbands," a most-intimate and precious relationship. Because...
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DAUGHTERS:
_ Gr._ children...
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_ 1 Peter 3:6 ‘Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you
have become her children if you do what is right without being
frightened by any fear.'_
‘SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM' -‘Peter does not se...
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1-7 The wife must discharge her duty to her own husband, though he
obey not the word. We daily see how narrowly evil men watch the ways
and lives of professors of religion. Putting on of apparel is n...
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EVEN AS SARA; after ger name was changed from Sarai, my lady, to
Sarah, simply a lady or princess, because kings were to come of her,
GENESIS 17:15,16: yet even then she _obeyed Abraham; _ and this is...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
Let the wives honour their husbands, as their own flesh; and let them
not presume to address them by their names.[36]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V...
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1 Peter 3:6 as G5613 Sarah G4564 obeyed G5219 (G5656) Abraham G11
calling G2564 (G5723) him G846 lord...
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‘For in a similar way in the past the holy women also, who hoped in
God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands, as
Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you no...
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WIVES ARE TO SUBMIT IN OBEDIENCE TO THEIR HUSBANDS WHO ARE TO RESPOND
WITH COMPASSION AND CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE JOINT-HEIRS OF THE GRACE OF
LIFE (1 PETER 3:1).
Peter's view of the new people of God (h...
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1 Peter 3:6. AS SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM. Why is Sarah introduced in this
connection? Possibly as the _standard_ by which the holy women of old
measured their wifely submission. Taking ‘as' in the sense o...
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When Paul defines the duties of bond-servants, he balances his
statement by a corresponding exposition of the duties of masters
(Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1). Peter, dealing here specially with
the...
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AS SARAH
(ως Σαρρα).OBEYED ABRAHAM
(υπηκουεν τω Αβρααμ). Imperfect active of
υπακουω, "used to obey" (with dative).CALLING HIM LORD
(κυριον αυτον καλουσα). Present active participle of
καλεω. S...
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1 Peter 3:1. _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; while they behold your
c...
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CONTENTS: Duties of husbands and wives toward one another.
Exhortations to Christian consistency. Christ's vicarious sacrifice.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sara, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: Worldl...
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1 Peter 3:1. _Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands._ The
same words occur in Ephesians 5:22. Col 3:18. The excellence of piety
is pleaded here, as the first ornament of a wife. Wisdom conne...
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SARAH WAS LIKE THAT. "There is no disgrace or shame in submitting to
your husband! Jewish women think of Sarah as _the example_ of a good
wife. See how she did! Even if you are married to an unbelieve...
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1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 3:6 SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM. Peter describes
Sarah’s submission in terms of obedience. This does not mean the
relationship between husbands and wives is like that of parents and
c...
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THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT IN SOCIAL RELATIONS
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
THE main contention of St. Peter is that the Christian life and
obligations are not intended to be, and never should be, made...
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EXPOSITIONS
1 PETER 3:1
LIKEWISE, YE WIVES. St. Peter has spoken of the duties of servants:
why does he omit those of masters? There must have been Christian
masters in Asia Minor, as is plain from...
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Shall we turn now to First Peter chapter three as Peter addresses
himself to the wives? This particular section goes back to verse
thirteen of chapter two,
Submit yourself to every ordinance of man fo...
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1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 3:15; Acts 4:19; Acts 4:8; Daniel 3:16;...
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Amazement [π τ ο η σ ι ν]. Rev., terror. Compare the kindred
verb ptohqhte, be terrified, Luke 21:9; Luke 24:37; on which, see
note. The word means a scare, or nervous excitement....
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Whose children ye are — In a spiritual as well as natural sense, and
entitled to the same inheritance, while ye discharge your conjugal
duties, not out of fear, but for conscience' sake. Genesis 18:12...