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Articles, Bible studies, and sermons that contain The First Epistle of Peter 3:4:

I Peter 3:1-4
Excerpted from: Displaying a Good Conscience: Politeness

God's Word clearly states that men and women are both created in God's image and are equal. In marriage, each person has specific responsibilities. God will not save anyone He cannot rule.

Submission means to cooperate voluntarily with someone else out of love and respect for God and for that person. Ideally, submission is mutual.

So even when it is one-sided, it can still serve as a powerful witness that leads another to conversion. Jesus Christ submitted to death so that we could be saved; we may sometimes need to submit to difficult circumstances so that others will see Christ in us.

Our submission never asks us to disobey God or do what our conscience forbids. One-sided submission requires great strength, and we could not do it without the power of God's Spirit. God tests our character to strengthen our faith and obedience.

I Peter 3:4
Excerpted from: God's 'Heart Measure'

Peter is defining the attributes of someone who has a heart that is meek. It is a quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. God places great value on His people who choose to be like Him. Meek, lowly, quiet in heart. Those who have a heart, as Peter describes, that is not corruptible. Those who are poor in spirit, meek, and lowly in heart do not corrupt themselves with evil communications. (Jot down I Corinthians 15:33.) They put off the former conversation of the old carnal man, which is corrupt, speaking evil of others, and they let no corrupt communication proceed out of their mouth (Ephesians 4:22-29 KJV). Because, as Jesus tells us, out of the heart the mouth speaks. When our heart is right, our mouth is right.

I Peter 3:1-12
Excerpted from: Proverbs 31 and the Wife of Christ

Brethren, the virtuous, trustworthy wife of Christ, relying on the excellency and strength that only comes from God, will only be those who have already learned faithfully, have been following the preparation manual of the wife of Christ that God has set before us to do the work and build the character of the virtuous wife that only does good to complement, with an E and compliment with an I, Christ for eternity.

Articles
Choosing the New Man (Part One)
The Writing of Prostitutes

Bible Questions & Answers
What Is Proper Women's Dress (I Timothy 2:9)?

Bible Studies
Meekness

Sermons
Titus (Part Five): A Church in Training
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 3)
Husbands, Love Your Wives
Wonderful Women
The Perfect Wife
Parenting (Part 3): Mothers
Virtues Hard and Soft
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part 8)
Loyalty and Submission (Part 3)
Imagination
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 5)
Displaying Gentle and Patient Conduct
Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
Using God's Given Authority
Seeking God in the Mundane
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 10)
Facing Times of Stress: Contentment
Perfect, Gentle Courtesy (Part 2)
The Meekness and Gentleness of Christ
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 3)
Gentle and Lowly in Heart

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