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1 Peter 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


1 Peter 3:4Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Peter 3:420 words
GreekMeaning
ἀλλ’all’
butwordG235
ho
thearticleG3588
κρυπτὸςkryptos
hiddenadjectiveG2927
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
καρδίαςkardias
heartnounG2588
ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
mannounG444
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
ἀφθάρτῳaphthartō
imperishableadjectiveG862
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
πραέωςpraeōs
gentleadjectiveG4239
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἡσυχίουhēsychiou
quietadjectiveG2272
πνεύματοςpneumatos
spiritnounG4151
ho
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
ἐνώπιονenōpion
beforeprepositionG1799
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θεοῦtheou
GodnounG2316
πολυτελέςpolyteles
of great worthadjectiveG4185
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Cyprian · 3rd century · On the Dress of Virgins, 8
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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