Commentary on 1 Peter

Eusebius of Emesa (d. 360)

Outward beauty is not the real thing but rather something quite superfluous. A woman's proper beauty is obedience to her husband. The truth of this statement is made manifest by the examples of the holy women of the past, like Sarah.

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