1 Wives, accept your husbands' authority in the same way, so that if some husbands refuse to accept the Word, they may still be won over without words by the way you behave, 2 recognizing your pure and reverent behavior. 3 Don’t focus on outward attractiveness—hairstyles, gold jewelry, or fashionable clothes— 4 instead let it come from within, the lasting attractiveness of a gentle and peaceful spirit on the inside. That’s what God values. 5 This is how holy women of the past who put their confidence in God made themselves beautiful, yielding to their husbands, 6 like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, and called him "lord."3:6. Or "master." Today such formality in a marriage relationship would be unusual. You are her daughters if you do what’s good and right and are not intimidated.