1 Peter 3:7 (ASV)

Passage

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Nearby Context

1 Peter 3:5 For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

1 Peter 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

1 Peter 3:7 Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

1 Peter 3:9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "grace of life", "prayers be not hindered", "husbands", "like", "manner", "dwell", and "wives". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "grace of life", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him lord..." into verse 8's "Finally be ye all likeminded compassionate loving...", so "grace" and "grace of life" belong inside that flow. In Honor in Marriage and Shared Grace, the local focus is holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "grace of life" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.