1 Peter 3:7 (DRB)

Passage

Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered.

Nearby Context

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

1 Peter 3:6 As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, doing well and not fearing any disturbance.

1 Peter 3:7 Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered.

1 Peter 3:8 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:

1 Peter 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "grace of life", "prayers be not hindered", "husbands", "likewise", "dwelling", "knowledge", and "giving". 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 Sara obeyed Abraham calling him lord..." into verse 8's "And in fine be ye all of...", 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.