3:1 omoiws [ai] ai gunaikes upotassomenai tois idiois andrasin ina kai ei tines apeiqousin tw logw dia ths twn gunaikwn anastrofhs aneu logou kerdhqhswntai

3:2 epopteusantes thn en fobw agnhn anastrofhn umwn

3:3 wn estw ouc o exwqen emplokhs tricwn kai periqesews crusiwn h endusews imatiwn kosmos

3:4 all o kruptos ths kardias anqrwpos en tw afqartw tou praeos kai hsuciou pneumatos o estin enwpion tou qeou poluteles

3:5 outws gar pote kai ai agiai gunaikes ai elpizousai epi ton qeon ekosmoun eautas upotassomenai tois idiois andrasin

3:6 ws sarra uphkousen tw abraam kurion auton kalousa hs egenhqhte tekna agaqopoiousai kai mh foboumenai mhdemian ptohsin

3:7 oi andres omoiws sunoikountes kata gnwsin ws asqenesterw skeuei tw gunaikeiw aponemontes timhn ws kai sugklhronomoi caritos zwhs eis to mh ekkoptesqai tas proseucas umwn

3:8 to de telos pantes omofrones sumpaqeis filadelfoi eusplagcnoi filofrones

3:9 mh apodidontes kakon anti kakou h loidorian anti loidorias tounantion de eulogountes eidotes oti eis touto eklhqhte ina eulogian klhronomhshte

3:10 o gar qelwn zwhn agapan kai idein hmeras agaqas pausatw thn glwssan autou apo kakou kai ceilh autou tou mh lalhsai dolon

3:11 ekklinatw apo kakou kai poihsatw agaqon zhthsatw eirhnhn kai diwxatw authn

3:12 oti oi ofqalmoi kuriou epi dikaious kai wta autou eis dehsin autwn proswpon de kuriou epi poiountas kaka

3:13 kai tis o kakwswn umas ean tou agaqou mimhtai genhsqe

3:14 all ei kai pascoite dia dikaiosunhn makarioi ton de fobon autwn mh fobhqhte mhde taracqhte

3:15 kurion de ton qeon agiasate en tais kardiais umwn etoimoi de aei pros apologian panti tw aitounti umas logon peri ths en umin elpidos meta prauthtos kai fobou

3:16 suneidhsin econtes agaqhn ina en w katalalwsin umwn ws kakopoiwn kataiscunqwsin oi ephreazontes umwn thn agaqhn en cristw anastrofhn

3:17 kreitton gar agaqopoiountas ei qelei to qelhma tou qeou pascein h kakopoiountas

3:18 oti kai cristos apax peri amartiwn epaqen dikaios uper adikwn ina hmas prosagagh tw qew qanatwqeis men sarki zwopoihqeis de tw pneumati

3:19 en w kai tois en fulakh pneumasin poreuqeis ekhruxen

3:20 apeiqhsasin pote ote apax exedeceto h tou qeou makroqumia en hmerais nwe kataskeuazomenhs kibwtou eis hn oligai toutestin oktw yucai dieswqhsan di udatos

3:21 w kai hmas antitupon nun swzei baptisma ou sarkos apoqesis rupou alla suneidhsews agaqhs eperwthma eis qeon di anastasews ihsou cristou