Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. In today's episode, we're going to

continue through Paul's Bible study in First Peter. In this next section of the letter,

Peter addresses spouses and how husbands and wives should seek to live in light of the gospel. Up first, Peter

focuses on wives. Here's Paul. Well, I want to read for you the first several verses of 1 Peter 3. Likewise, wives be subject to your own husband

so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be one without a word by the conduct of their

wives when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external, the braiding of hair, and the putting on of gold, jewelry,

or the clothing you wear.

But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a

gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves

by submitting to their own husbands as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord.

And you are her children if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

I want to begin by saying two things.

One, for every institution God created, he established an organizing structure, a government,

if you would. That's true in marriage, that's true in the church, that's true in the human community.

That organizing structure is a visible, visible representation of the authority of God.

That is an independent authority.

It's an ambassadorial authority.

And this is a, this passage that I've just read is also not a gender value rating passage.

It's, it's not that wives somehow are less valuable and less important in the eyes of God than a husband.

There's nothing in this passage that would ever communicate that.

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