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Pokyny ženám i mužom

Podobne aj vy ženy, podriaďujte sa svojim mužom, a keď sa niektorí z nich vzpierajú Božiemu slovu,

môžete ich bez slov získať svojím čistým a bohabojným životom.

Nenakloníte si ich vonkajšími ozdobami -- šperkami, honosnými účesmi a nákladnými odevmi, ktoré pre vás nie sú vhodné, ale nepominuteľnou krásou kresťanskej osobnosti.

Vašou ozdobou nech je jemnosť a miernosť, ktoré sa páčia Bohu.

Takáto vnútorná krása zdobila zbožné ženy dávnych čias, ktoré sa podriaďovali svojim mužom.

Ako Sára, ktorá poslúchala svojho manžela Abraháma a volala ho svojím pánom. Idete v jej šľapajach, ak konáte správne a nepodliehate nervozite a strachu.

Tak aj vy, muži, usilujte sa rozumieť svojim manželkám, pretože sú slabšie. Ctite ich, lebo sú v Božej milosti, rovnako ako vy, dedičkami večného života. Ak tak nerobíte, nemôžete čakať, že Boh vypočuje vaše modlitby.

Rady pre praktický život

Nakoniec sa obraciam na vás všetkých. Buďte jednomyseľní, majte porozumenie jeden pre druhého a milujte sa ako Božia rodina. Majte citlivé srdce a pokornú myseľ.

Zlé neodplácajte zlým, urážky urážkami, ale naopak preukazujte dobro. Veď iba tak vás Boh požehná.

10 Máte za úlohu dokázať, že si vážite život, a ak si želáte žiť dobre a šťastne, dávajte si pozor na svoj jazyk, aby z vašich úst nevyšlo nič zlé a ľstivé.

11 Obráťte sa chrbtom k zlému a konajte dobré. Šírte okolo seba pokoj, aj keď to nie je ľahké.

12 Veď Pán sa pozerá s láskou na svoje poslušné deti a odpovedá na ich prosby. Ale na tých, čo robia zle, hľadí s prísnou tvárou.

13 Kto by vám chcel ublížiť, ak budete konať dobre?

14 Ak sa však predsa stane, že budete trpieť pre dobrú vec, Boh vás odmení. Nedajte sa zastrašiť a nebuďte malomyseľní;

15 usilujte sa, aby vaše srdcia patrili úplne Kristovi. Využite každú príležitosť na svedectvo o svojej viere, rozprávajte však skromne a s úctou.

16 Správajte sa náležite, aby tí, čo o vás hovoria ako o najhorších ľuďoch a nadávajú vám, sa zahanbili, že hanobia váš kresťanský život.

Ochota trpieť

17 Pamätajte, že ak Boh dopustí, aby ste trpeli, potom je lepšie trpieť pre dobro ako pre zlo.

18 Veď Kristus tiež trpel. Sám bez viny zomrel za naše hriechy, aby nás priviedol k Bohu.

19 A ten istý Duch ho viedol, aby kázal duchom vo väzení,

20 duchom tých, ktorí kedysi dávno za dní Noemových odmietli poslúchnuť jeho varovanie a výzvy, aby zmenili svoj život a poslúchali Boha. Boh trpezlivo čakal, kým Noe dostaval koráb, predsa však iba osem ľudí bolo zachránených pred vodou.

21 To je predobraz krstu, ktorý teraz zachraňuje vás. Krstom vyznávame, že sme boli vykúpení zo smrti. Nejde tu o zmytie telesnej špiny, ale o symbol očistenia nášho svedomia od hriechu skrze zmŕtvychvstanie Pána Ježiša Krista.

22 On je teraz v nebi po pravici Božej a anjeli i všetky nebeské sily a mocnosti sa pred ním skláňajú a poslúchajú ho.

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves(A) to your own husbands(B) so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over(C) without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.(D) Rather, it should be that of your inner self,(E) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.(F) For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God(G) used to adorn themselves.(H) They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord.(I) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

Husbands,(J) in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Suffering for Doing Good

Finally, all of you, be like-minded,(K) be sympathetic, love one another,(L) be compassionate and humble.(M) Do not repay evil with evil(N) or insult with insult.(O) On the contrary, repay evil with blessing,(P) because to this(Q) you were called(R) so that you may inherit a blessing.(S) 10 For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
    and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”[a](T)

13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?(U) 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.(V) “Do not fear their threats[b]; do not be frightened.”[c](W) 15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer(X) to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope(Y) that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience,(Z) so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.(AA) 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will,(AB) to suffer for doing good(AC) than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once(AD) for sins,(AE) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.(AF) He was put to death in the body(AG) but made alive in the Spirit.(AH) 19 After being made alive,[d] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits(AI) 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently(AJ) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.(AK) In it only a few people, eight in all,(AL) were saved(AM) through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you(AN) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience(AO) toward God.[e] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(AP) 22 who has gone into heaven(AQ) and is at God’s right hand(AR)—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 3:12 Psalm 34:12-16
  2. 1 Peter 3:14 Or fear what they fear
  3. 1 Peter 3:14 Isaiah 8:12
  4. 1 Peter 3:19 Or but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also
  5. 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience

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;

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

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

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.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.