1 Peter 3:3 “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided ha…”

1 Peter 3:3

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Whose apparelling, let it not be that outwarde, with broyded heare, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparell:

Darby Translation

whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

Young's Literal Translation

whose adorning — let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

Bible in Basic English

Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

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Cross references

“adorning let”

Romans 12:2 Titus 2:3–15 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Timothy 2:10

Romans 12:2 · BSB

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Titus 2:3–15 · BSB

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

1 Timothy 2:9 · BSB

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

1 Timothy 2:10 · BSB

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

“that”

Isaiah 3:18–24 Isaiah 61:10 Jeremiah 4:30 Ezekiel 16:7–13 Jeremiah 2:32 Exodus 33:4

Isaiah 3:18–24 · BSB

In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns…

Jeremiah 4:30 · BSB

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you…

Ezekiel 16:7–13 · BSB

I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

Jeremiah 2:32 · BSB

Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

Exodus 33:4 · BSB

When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

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