Beholding (epopteusantes). First aorist active participle of epopteuō, for which see note on 1Pe 2:12. See 1Pe 2:12 also for anastrophēn manner of life).
Chaste (hagnēn). Pure because “in fear” (en phobōi), no word in the Greek for “coupled,” fear of God, though in Eph 5:33 fear (reverence for) of the husband is urged.