1 Peter 3:7 Meaning and Explanation
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
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Read Full Chapter →Husbands are to live considerately with their wives, honoring them as fellow heirs, so their prayers are not hindered.
What Does 1 Peter 3:7 Mean?
Peter now charges the husbands with equal weight. They are to live with their wives thoughtfully, with understanding, and to give them honor. The relationship is not one of dominance but of considerate care.
The reason lifts the wife to full dignity: she is a fellow heir of the grace of life, equal before God in the gift that matters most. And a warning follows, that a husband who fails here will find his prayers hindered. How a man treats his wife reaches all the way up to his fellowship with God. Peter makes marriage a matter of the soul, not merely the household.
1 Peter 3:7 in the Original Language
sygkleronomos (συγκληρονόμος), 'heirs together' -- joint heirs, sharing equally in the same inheritance.
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What does 1 Peter 3:7 mean?
Husbands are to live considerately with their wives, honoring them as fellow heirs, so their prayers are not hindered.