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Οἱ ἄνδρες ὁμοίως συνοικοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσιν, ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ ἀπονέμοντες τιμήν, ὡς καὶ συγκληρονόμοι χάριτος ζωῆς, εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐγκόπτεσθαι τὰς προσευχὰς ὑμῶν. (1 Peter 3:7)

Husbands, likewise, living together with them according to knowledge, granting honor to the female as to the weaker vessel, as also fellow-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

In this verse, the author of 1 Peter exhorts Christian husbands to honor their wives not only in action but in grammatical precision. The sentence is a rich tapestry of participles, prepositional modifiers, and purpose clauses—all embedded with theological significance.… Learn Koine Greek