just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
Parallel translations
- WEB as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
- KJV Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
- NKJV as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
- NASB just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; and you have proved to be her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.
- NLT For instance, Sarah obeyed her husband, Abraham, and called him her master. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do.
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Quick answer
Sarah is cited as a model who respected Abraham, and believing women are her daughters when they do good without fear. Faithful, fearless godliness makes women true heirs of Sarah's example.
Overview
Peter singles out Sarah, who showed respect for Abraham, as a pattern for Christian wives. Believing women become 'her children' by sharing her faith-filled conduct, doing good 'and not put in fear by any terror.' Their courage rests on hope in God, freeing them from anxious fear even amid difficult or hostile circumstances.
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- Gen 18:12So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- Rom 9:7–9Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
- Isa 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
- Dan 3:16–18Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Matt 26:69–75Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
- Gen 18:15But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
- 1 Pet 3:14–15But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- Acts 4:8–13Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
- Gal 4:22–26For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
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