1 Peter 3:7

The weaker vessel] cp. 2 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:4. It would appear from 2Est 4:11; Esther 4:2 Es 7:88 RV, that the human body is meant by 'the vessel.' The grace of life] is the loveliness, partaking of the divine, which God adds to His servants' life. That your prayers be not hindered] RV 'to the end that,' etc. Prayer is access to God, which is the aim of all Christian life. All faults in married life hinder it: cp. 1 Corinthians 7:5; Colossians 3:19.

B (v). 1 Peter 3:8. The general behaviour of the whole body of Christians is summed up in the love which makes them consider others more than themselves, hold fast together in their brotherhood, and be patient towards those without. By peace-making they inherit the blessing which was promised to them in the Psalm.

With this paragraph cp. Romans 12:14 and James 3.