“Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct.”
After addressing servants and how they should behave because of the gospel, the book goes on to address the husband-wife relationship. Wives are addressed first. The wife is instructed to voluntarily subject herself to her husband. The primary reason given here for her subjection is that her testimony might play a part in bringing him to salvation. Knowing that, we can assume that the man is not fulfilling his biblical role and therefore might not even be treating his wife as he ought.
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