1Pe 3:3 | PNT | STEP | Whose adorning, let it not be that outward [adorning] . While urging those pure and holy lives which will sweetly preach Christ, Peter cannot pass by a foible often seen in the sex. There is a better adorning than that of the body. Of plaiting the hair . See notes on . Compare . The allusion is to wearing ornaments of gold or silver over the hair, a common adornment of the time. Or of wearing of gold . For the extravagant dress of Roman women of the time, see Farrar's "Early Years of Christianity", p. 5.

1 Peter 3:3

Whose adorning, let it not be that outward [adorning]. While urging those pure and holy lives which will sweetly preach Christ, Peter cannot pass by a foible often seen in the sex. There is a better adorning than that of the body.

Of plaiting the hair. See notes on 1Ti 2:9,10. Compare Ps 45:13. The allusion is to wearing ornaments of gold or silver over the hair, a common adornment of the time.

Or of wearing of gold. For the extravagant dress of Roman women of the time, see Farrar's "Early Years of Christianity", p. 5.