First Peter - Lorin

Greek NT
Οἱ ἄνδρες ὁμοίως
συνοικοῦντες κατὰ
γνῶσιν, ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ
σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ
ἀπονέμοντες τιμήν, ὡς
καὶ συγκληρονόμοις
χάριτος ζωῆς, εἰς τὸ
μὴ ἐγκόπτεσθαι τὰς
προσευχὰς ὑμῶν.
The First Letter of Peter
Bible Study Session 13
1 Peter 3:7
“Husbands, live with your wife”
Gute Nachricht Bibel
Ihr Männer müsst euch
entsprechend verhalten.
Seid rücksichtsvoll zu euren
Frauen! Bedenkt, dass
sie der schwächere Teil
sind. Achtet und ehrt sie;
denn sie haben mit euch
am ewigen Leben teil, das
Gott schenkt. Handelt so,
dass nichts euren Gebeten
im Weg steht.
NRSV
Husbands, in the same
way, show consideration
for your wives in your life
together, paying honor to
the woman as the weaker
sex, since they too are
also heirs of the gracious
gift of life—so that nothing
may hinder your prayers.
Study By
Lorin L Cranford
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NLT
In the same way, you
husbands must give honor
to your wives. Treat her
with understanding as you
live together. She may be
weaker than you are, but
she is your equal partner
in God’s gift of new life. If
you don’t treat her as you
should, your prayers will
not be heard.
Quick Links to the Study
I. Context II. Message
a. Historical a.Husbands, show your wife consideration
b. Literary b. How and Why.
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Introduction to Study.
This text continues the emphasis on the Haustafeln, i.e., domestic code, that Peter begun in 2:18. This time the
focus falls on Christian husbands and their treatment of their wives. 1 Of the three topics in this material -- slaves,
2:18-25; wives, 3:1-6; husbands, 3:7 -- his emphasis on husbands is the shortest, but is packed full of rich insight
and advice.
In similar texts in the writings of Paul, the focus on Christian husbands is much more detailed than in First
Peter, especially in Ephesians:
Ephesians 5:25-33. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 in
order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself
in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind — yes, so that she may be holy and without blemish. 28 In
the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29
For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, 30
because we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his
wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church. 33
Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband. 2
1 “Since this verse shares characteristics similar to the preceding sections dealing with household conduct—introduction with ὁμοίως
(‘similarly’), address, participle, advice, and then motivation—it is, despite its brevity, to be regarded as the third in the series advising
household members on appropriate conduct, each of which depends on the imperatives of 2:17. 159 ” [Paul J. Achtemeier and Eldon Jay
Epp, 1 Peter: A Commentary on First Peter, Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible (Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress
Press, 1996), 217.]
2GNT: 25 Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς,
26 ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι, 27 ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, μὴ ἔχουσαν
σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος. 28 οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς
τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα· ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ, 29 οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ
θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, 30 ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ. 31 ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν
πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν. 32 τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν,
ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. 33 πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθʼ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν,
ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.
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