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  1 PETER 3:6
  by John Gill
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Summary: Believers, particularly women, are called to imitate Sarah's
faith and obedience, doing good works, hospitality, and living in
subjection to their husbands.

Topics: "Faithfulness", "Obedience"
Scripture References: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:12, Proverbs 31:10-31, Galatians 4:31, Ephesians 5:22-24, 1 Timothy 2:9-10, Hebrews 11:11, 1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 3:1-2

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John Gill emphasizes the example of Sarah's obedience to Abraham as a
model for women, illustrating her faithfulness in following him and
fulfilling her role with respect and honor. He explains that true
daughters of Sarah are those who, through grace, imitate her in faith
and good works, particularly in their relationships with their husbands.
Gill encourages women to act with courage and not be deterred by fear,
highlighting that obedience and good deeds should be done with love and
for God's glory, just as Sarah did despite the challenges she faced.

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Ver. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham,.... Going along with him wherever
he went, as from Chaldea to Canaan, and into Egypt, and the land of the
Philistines, saying the words he put into her mouth, Ge 12:5 and doing
the things he bid her do, Ge 18:6 "calling him lord"; or "my lord", as
the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, and as it appears she did
from Ge 18:12. The Jews use this instance to the same purpose the
apostle does, saying {p},

"the wife ought to take care of the family, to educate her children, to
serve and minister to her husband in all things, "calling him her own
lord"; which is what we learn from the example of Sarah, who called
Abraham her lord, saying, "my lord is old".''

Whose daughters ye are; meaning not by natural descent, though they
were, these being Jews the apostle writes to, but by grace, and in a
spiritual sense; just as those are the children of Abraham, who walk in
the steps of his faith, whether they be Jews or Gentiles; so such are
the daughters of Sarah, the children of the free woman, who imitate her
in faith and obedience; that is, they appear, and are declared to be so:

as long as ye do well: do acts of beneficence and hospitality to
strangers, and proper objects, as Sarah did, and all and every good
work, according to the will of God, from love, and in faith, and with a
view to his glory; and particularly obey and live in subjection to their
husbands, as she did: and are not afraid with any amazement; are not
deterred from doing well, nor scared by the terrors and menaces of
wicked men, either their own husbands, or others; or who with fortitude
and intrepidity of mind continue in the discharge of their duty to God
and men, and particularly to their husbands, following them, and obeying
their lawful commands, as Sarah did in Egypt, and in Gerar, though she
exposed herself to great danger: this is said, because women are
timorous, and apt to be frightened at everything, from the performance
of their duty.

{p} Sepher Musar apud Drus. de Quaesitis, Ep. 54. & in loc.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-gill/1-peter-36/
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