Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Peter 3:2 - 3:2

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Peter 3:2 - 3:2


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2. ἐποπτεύσαντες, see note on 1Pe 2:12. The idea of seeing behind the scenes would aptly describe the husband’s opportunities of observing his wife’s character. But it may mean merely looking on at a spectacle.

ἐν φόβῳ might refer to the reverence of the wife for her husband, cf. Eph 5:33. More probably however it means the fear of God, as also in 1Pe 2:18 where slaves are to submit to their masters ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ, cf. 1Pe 1:17, 1Pe 3:15; Eph 5:21; Col 3:22; 2Co 5:11; 2Co 7:1.