“But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”
Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight — the counter-proposal emphasizes the 'hidden person of the heart' (kryptos tēs kardias anthrōpos) adorned with a 'gentle and quiet spirit' (pneuma...praeōs kai hēsychiou), which 'is very costly in God's sight' (poluteles enōpion theou). The 'unfading' beauty (aphthartos) of inner character contrasts with the transience of external adornment.
Church Fathers on 1 Peter 3:4
You call yourself wealthy and rich; but Paul meets your riches, and with his own voice prescribes for the moderating of your dress and ornament within a just limit. Let women, said he, adorn themselves with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with broidered hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly array, but as becomes women professing chastity, with a good conversation. 1 Timothy 2:9-10 Also Peter consents to these same precepts, and says, Let there be in the woman not the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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