February 23, 2023
Week Five
“Godliness At Home”
1 Peter 3:1-12
Vs. 1-2 The godly influence of submissive wife
Vs. 3-6 True attractiveness
Vs. 7 The understanding, honoring, praying husband
Vs. 8-12 Mutual compassion in all relationships
Discussion Questions
- What do you think of when you hear that wives are supposed to submit to their husbands? [Note: The word “submit” (hupotassoe in the Greek) means “to adjust yourself according to.” It doesn’t imply inferiority or surrender.]
- What adjustments have you had to make to get along with men? How does it work?
- We all know the lengths we go to in our efforts to look better outwardly. But what does our inward adornment process look like? Why is it so easily neglected?
- In verse six Peter ties fear in with this whole process. What scares you about these verses?
- Verse seven says a lot to husbands in just one verse. Men are told to understand, honor (value), be delicate with, share in grace and pray with their wives. Arrange these commandments in your personal priorities for a relationship. Which of these is most important to you and which is least?
- Verse eight zooms back and talks about all our relationships, and he exhorts us to be unified, mutually compassionate, loving like family, sensitive and to show common courtesy. Which of these are you most lacking from the people in your life? Which of these is most lacking in you?
- In verses 10-12, which of these reminders do you need the most?
- Are there ideas in this section that give you hope about your home life?
Memory Verse: Be prepared to recite 1 Peter 1:13 out loud or in your heart during small group.
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