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1In the same way, you wives are to come under the guidance of your husbands. In this way, even husbands who do not follow Creator’s message might be won over without a word by the way their wives treat them.
2For they will see the honest and respectful way you live your life.
3Your beauty should not be only on the outside, with fancy braided hair, costly beaded jewelry, or dressing up in fine clothes.
4But let your beauty shine out from who you are deep within your heart—a gentle spirit filled with peace and harmony. That kind of beauty never fades and has great value in the eyes of the Great Spirit.
5For this was how the holy women in times past who put their hope in Creator made themselves beautiful. They followed the guidance of their husbands
6like Noble Woman (Sarah) did. She followed the guidance of her husband , Father of Many Nations (Abraham) , and respectfully called him her honored chief. You are her daughters if you do not let fear keep you from doing what is right.
7In the same way, you husbands, live in an understanding way with your wife. She may be physically weaker, but she deserves honor as one who shares equally with you in the gift of great kindness as you walk together on the road of life. Then nothing will stand in the way of your prayers.
8I have some last things to say to all of you. Walk side by side in harmony with each other. Try to feel what others feel. Love each other as family. Be tenderhearted and walk with a humble spirit.
9Never return evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, speak words of blessing over each other, for you were chosen to share together in Creator’s blessings.
10Our Sacred Teachings tell us , “Let the ones who love life and long to see good days keep their tongue from evil and their lips from speaking lies. Let them turn away from doing evil and do what is good.
11Let them seek peace and choose to walk in its good ways.
12For the eyes of our Honored Chief watch over the ones who do what is right. His ears are open to their prayers. But his face is against all who do what is evil.”[#3:12 Psalm 34:12-16]
13If you give yourselves fully to doing good, who would want to harm you?
14But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, remember that Creator’s blessing rests on you. So do not fear what they can do to you or be troubled by their threats.
15Instead, set your hearts on the Chosen One as your Honored Chief. Always be ready to give an answer to the ones who ask about the hope you carry inside you.
16Give your answer to them in a kind and respectful way. Do what you know deep inside to be right, so when outsiders accuse you, they will be put to shame as you walk in a good way following the Chosen One.
17For if it is what the Great Spirit wants, it is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong.
18The Chosen One died once for the broken ways of all people. The one who always does right suffered for those who do wrong to make a way for us to come to the Great Spirit. In his weak human body he was put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit.
19In the Spirit the Chosen One went and told his story to the spirits that had been held captive from long ago.
20These were the spirits of human beings who refused to walk in the ways of the Great Spirit. This was before the great flood in the time of One Who Rests (Noah) , when Creator waited patiently for the great wooden canoe to be built. A small number, only eight people, were brought safely through the waters of the flood.
21The story of what happened then is a way to understand our purification ceremony with water, a ceremony that is performed to set us free and make us whole. This ceremony does not just wash the dirt from our bodies. It shows that from deep inside we are crying out for Creator to set us free by what he did when he raised Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One from the dead.[#3:21 Baptism]
22The Chosen One now sits in his honored place at Creator’s right hand in the spirit-world above. From there the Chosen One rules over all spirit-messengers, authorities, and powers.