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To women: What Peter wants you to cultivate first and foremost is an inner godliness. 1 Sam 16:7, “The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” A word of application to husbands: Do you lead your wives to cultivate godly character or does physical beauty matter to you much more? To single men: How much time do you spend looking for an attractive wife or a godly wife or both? To single women: What you win a man to will affect the shape of your relationship over the long-term. Hope vs. Fear (vv. 5-6) Application for Do you ever struggle with what I would call momentary atheism? I wonder if we can say that hope in God also makes a wife beautiful? To husbands: Think about what ways you might be leading that is actually cultivating fears in your wife. To single men and women: It is a good reminder to you that you are not to put your ultimate hope in the prospect of a spouse, but in God.