3 Wives must not let their beauty be something external. Beauty doesn’t come from hairstyles, gold jewelry, or clothes.
4 Rather, beauty is something internal that can’t be destroyed. Beauty expresses itself in a gentle and quiet attitude which God considers precious.
5 After all, this is how holy women who had confidence in God expressed their beauty in the past. They placed themselves under their husbands’ authority
6 as Sarah did. Sarah obeyed Abraham and spoke to him respectfully. You became Sarah’s daughters by not letting anything make you afraid to do good.
7 Husbands, in a similar way, live with your wives with understanding since they are weaker than you are. Honor your wives as those who share God’s life-giving kindness so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.
8 Finally, everyone must live in harmony, be sympathetic, love each other, have compassion, and be humble.
9 Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you, or ridicule those who ridicule you. Instead, bless them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.