1 Peter 3:3

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Whose	ὧν hōn	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — genitive plural feminine
adorning	κόσμος, kosmos	G2889	orderly arrangement · noun — nominative singular masculine
it	ἔστω éstō	G2077	be thou
not	οὐχ ouch	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
be	ἔστω éstō	G2077	be thou
outward	ἔξωθεν exōthen	G1855	external(-ly) · preposition
plaiting	ἐμπλοκῆς emplokēs	G1708	elaborate braiding of the hair · noun — genitive singular feminine
hair	τριχῶν trichōn	G2359	of uncertain derivation · noun — genitive plural feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
wearing	περιθέσεως peritheseōs	G4025	a putting all around · noun — genitive singular feminine
gold	χρυσίων chrusiōn	G5553	a golden article · noun — genitive plural neuter
or	ἢ ē	G2228	disjunctive · conjunction
on	ἐνδύσεως enduseōs	G1745	investment with clothing · noun — genitive singular feminine
apparel	ἱματίων himatiōn	G2440	a dress (inner or outer) · noun — genitive plural neuter

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Timothy 2:9-10 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pea…
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable,…
Isaiah 3:18-24 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like th…
Titus 2:3-15 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things…
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covere…
Jeremiah 4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, th…
Ezekiel 16:7-13 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: t…
Jeremiah 2:32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:1-7

The apostle having treated of the duties of subjects to their sovereigns, and of servants to their masters, proceeds to explain the duty of husbands and wives. I. Lest the Christian matrons should imagine that their conversion to Christ, and their interest in all Christian privileges, exempted them from subjection to their pagan or Jewish husbands, the apostle here tells them, 1. In what the duty of wives consists. (1.) In subjection, or an affectionate submission to the will, and obedience to the just authority, of their own husbands, which obliging conduct would be the most likely way to win those disobedient and unbelieving husbands who had rejected the word, or who attended to no other e…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 3:3

Literally, "To whom let there belong (namely, as their peculiar ornament) not the outward adornment (usual in the sex which first, by the fall, brought in the need of covering, Note, see on Pe1 5:5) of," &c. plaiting--artificial braiding, in order to attract admiration. wearing--literally, "putting round," namely, the head, as a diadem--the arm, as a bracelet--the finger, as rings. apparel--showy and costly. "Have the blush of modesty on thy face instead of paint, and moral worth and discretion instead of gold and emeralds" [MELISSA].

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 3:3

Whose adorning - Κοσμος. See the note on Heb 9:1, where the word κοσμος, world or ornament, is defined; and also the note on Gen 2:1. Plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold - Plaiting the hair, and variously folding it about the head, was the most ancient and most simple mode of disposing of this chief ornament of the female head. It was practised anciently in every part of the east, and is so to the present day in India, in China, and also in Barbary. It was also prevalent among the Greeks and Romans, as ancient gems, busts, and statues, still remaining, sufficiently declare. We have a remarkable instance of the plaiting of the hair in a statue of Agrippina, wife of Germanicus, an exact…

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The Church Fathers

Also Peter consents to these same precepts, and says, "Let there be in the woman not the outward adorning of array, or gold, or apparel, but the adorning of the heart."
— Cyprian, Treatise II On the Dress of Virgins

Touching modesty of dress and ornament, the rule of Peter is also plain, because he speaks with the same spirit as Paul against the empty glory of apparel and the pride of gold.
— Tertullian, ON PRAYER 9.20

But he who is both the head of the man and the beauty of the woman, the husband of the church, Christ Jesus, what sort of crown did he put on, for both male and female? A crown of thorns!
— Tertullian, ON THE CROWN 5.14

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Dress — (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah’s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The…
Hair — (1.) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. “So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a…
Marriage — Was instituted in Paradise when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, which was confirmed by our Lord, as the basis on which all regulations are to be framed (Matt.…
Wife — The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail…
Conduct, Christian · Fulfilling domestic duties — Fulfilling domestic duties
Dress · Rules with respect to women’s — Rules with respect to women’s
Hair · .By women — .By women
Hair, The · Of women: Plaited and broidered — Of women: Plaited and broidered
Righteousness · 2:17;7:10,11;9:10;10:5;13:5; — 2:17;7:10,11;9:10;10:5;13:5;
Wife · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Wives · Should be adorned: Not with ornaments — Should be adorned: Not with ornaments

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Peter 3:3

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 3:3

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 3:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Peter 3:3

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 3:3

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 3:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Peter 3:3

John Calvin on 1 Peter 3:1-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Peter 3:3-4