British Weekly Pulpit 1 Peter 3:1-7 Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word… Everything, you know, is in God's sight. Not the tiniest atom in the heart of the earth, not the faintest twinkle of the farthest star, not a passing smile or frown on your face, or a secret thought in your mind, can be hidden from God. But more than this is meant when a thing is said to be precious in God's sight. It means that He takes notice of it, is pleased with it, and wishes us to count it precious. Things often look very different to us from what they really are. Coloured glass may look like precious stones. Gilded wood may look like a bar of gold. But God sees things as they really are. This, you see, is beauty of mind, or, as we sometimes say, beauty of character. A statesman had once been a poor lad, but had raised himself by his talents and industry. A rich but vulgar man said to him very rudely, "I remember when you blacked my father's boots!" Instead of losing his temper, he simply said, "And did I not black them well?" This was a beautiful reply — it was the "ornament of a meek and quiet spirit." (British Weekly Pulpit.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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; |
    |