Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments[a] or fine clothes.(A) Instead, it should consist of what is inside[b] the heart(B) with the imperishable quality of a gentle(C) and quiet(D) spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.

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  1. 1 Peter 3:3 Lit and of putting around of gold items
  2. 1 Peter 3:4 Lit Instead, the hidden man of

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.(A) Rather, it should be that of your inner self,(B) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.(C)

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