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What the Fathers say

1 Peter 3:5

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

Here he calls obedience an adornment, saying: they adorned themselves by being obedient to their own husbands. Having spoken indefinitely of "holy women," he calls them daughters of Sarah either by faith or by descent. For daughters must necessarily imitate their mothers. Along with the adornment befitting Christian women, he urges them to be merciful as well, not fearing punishment from their husbands for it. …

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Oecumenius

"They adorn themselves." Do you see that this refers to adornment or decoration as subjection?

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