1 Peter 3:7 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 3:7

1 Peter 3:7. Likewise, ye husbands See on Ephesians 5:25; Colossians 3:19; dwell with them Conduct yourselves toward them, according to knowledge Wisely and discreetly; suitably to that knowledge of your duty which you have obtained by the gospel: or, knowing they are weak, and therefore to be used with tenderness: yet do not despise them for this, but give them honour Both in heart and in your behaviour toward them, as those who are called to be joint-heirs of that eternal life ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 3:1-12

In the home and the church (3:1-12)Another sphere where Christians should display the character of Christ is the home. Wives can display a Christlike character through an attitude of submission to their husbands, even though the husbands may be unbelievers. By the wives’ good conduct and quiet spirit, the husbands may be won for God (3:1-4). Some women of Old Testament times, in particular Sarah, are good examples of a wife’s conduct (5-6).Christian husbands should not act thoughtlessly or... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 3:7

dwell with . Greek. sunoikeo. Only here. according to . App-104 . knowledge . App-132 . giving = dispensing. Greek. aponemo. Only here. In the Septuagint in Deuteronomy 4:19 (divided). The word nemo is not found in N.T., but is frequent in the Septuagint of feeding cattle and sheep. honour . This is part of the wife's daily portion. wife . Greek. gunaikeios. Only here. An adjective. the, &c . Read "the female vessel as weaker". heirs together . See Romans 8:17 . grace . App-184... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Peter 3:7

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.In Christianity, obligations are never a one-way street, but reciprocal by nature. If slaves have obligations, so do their masters; if children have duties toward their parents, so do parents have duties toward their children; if wives have duties to fulfill, so do their... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Peter 3:7

1 Peter 3:7. Ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge,— Ye men that are married, behave prudently, in such a manner as becomes those, who have been instructed in that great system of wisdom and duty,—the gospel of Christ. Some render the next clause, Allotting an honourable subsistence to the wise. It is to be remembered, that many of the Christians were persons of low rank in life; which might make such a precept of maintaining their wives decently, and not subjecting them to harder... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 3:7

7. dwell—Greek, "dwelling": connected with the verb, :-, "Honor all." knowledge—Christian knowledge: appreciating the due relation of the sexes in the design of God, and acting with tenderness and forbearance accordingly: wisely: with wise consideration. them . . . giving honour to the wife—translate and punctuate the Greek rather, "dwelling according to knowledge with the female (Greek adjective, qualifying 'vessel'; not as English Version, a noun) as with the weaker vessel (see on :-. Both... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Peter 3:7

4. Husbands’ respect for their wives 3:7Why did Peter write more about the conduct of women (1 Peter 3:1-6) than of men (1 Peter 3:7)? He evidently did so because his concern was for Christian wives who were married to pagan husbands. A Christian wife married to a pagan husband was in a more vulnerable position than a Christian husband who was married to a pagan wife in that culture. Normally pagan women married to Christian husbands would adopt their husbands’ faith. In Roman society a wife... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 3:1-22

The Blessedness of Christ’s People, Though They Should Suffer Like ChristB (iii). 1 Peter 3:1-6. Another divinely created ordinance of man is marriage. One of the purposes of Christianity was to teach chivalry towards women: this is part of the ’grace’ which men can exercise. But to this must correspond the modesty and graciousness of women. The Israelites had already been taught that; and women, when they enter the Christian society, become daughters of Abraham, heirs both of the honour and of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Peter 3:1-12

PRUDENTIAL RULES OF CONDUCT IN VIEW OF THE HOSTILE ATTITUDE OF THE HEATHEN.—As slanders against the Christian name are rife, and bringing practical persecution on the Church, they are exhorted to extreme care about their conduct, especially in regard (1) to purity, and (2) to due subordination, whether as subjects to the officers of state, or as slaves to their masters, or as wives to their husbands (1 Peter 2:11 to 1 Peter 3:12.) read more