Verses 5-6
5, 6. The holy women Particularly the wives of the patriarchs.
Trusted in God Better, hoped in God: believing and serving him, and looking for the fulfilment of his promises. They are adduced as illustrations of the adorning with gentleness and calmness of spirit, which was especially manifested in the matter of subjection to their husbands. Notably, Sarah, the Princess and Mother of nations, (Genesis 17:15-16,) showed it in her obedience to Abraham, indicated in her calling him lord.
Genesis 18:12. So considerate Greek and Roman wives used the equivalent κυριος and dominus.
Whose daughters ye are Literally, whose children ye become, in possessing her spirit.
As long as Setting forth two points of resemblance of the daughters to the mother.
Do well Like her, hoping in God, as one of the holy women.
Not… amazement Literally, fearing no fear. Commentators, ancient and modern, have been sorely perplexed by this difficult clause. The word πτοησιν signifies fear, terror, trepidation, and may refer to either the emotion or its external cause. The meaning is to be found in the spirit of Sarah’s obedience, the second point of the daughters’ resemblance to her, which the apostle is inculcating as the true ornament. It is the calm, undisturbed, tranquil spirit, and not a slavish one; loving and trustful, and not afraid of the husband as an object of terror or apprehension.
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