3. For you, there should be no unnecessary adornment of the hair, or surrounding with gold, or the wearing of ornate clothing.
4. Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, rich in the sight of God.
5. For in this way, in past times also, holy women adorned themselves, hoping in God, being subject to their own husbands.
6. For so Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her daughters, well-behaved and unafraid of any disturbance.
7. Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
8. And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble,
9. not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.
10. For whoever wants to love life and to see good days should restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, so that they utter no deceit.
11. Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
12. For the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears are with their prayers, but the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil.
13. And who is it who can harm you, if you are zealous in what is good?
14. And yet, even when you suffer something for the sake of justice, you are blessed. So then, do not be afraid with their fear, and do not be disturbed.