1 Peter 3:7 (DBY)

Passage

[Ye] husbands likewise, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, as with a weaker, [even] the female, vessel, giving [them] honour, as also fellow-heirs of [the] grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Nearby Context

1 Peter 3:5 For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;

1 Peter 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

1 Peter 3:7 [Ye] husbands likewise, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, as with a weaker, [even] the female, vessel, giving [them] honour, as also fellow-heirs of [the] grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;

1 Peter 3:9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing [others], because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "grace of life", "prayers be not hindered", "husbands", "likewise", "dwell", "knowledge", and "weaker". 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 all of one mind sympathising...", 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.