The Submission of Wives to Their Husbands

1 Peter 3 begins with the admonition for wives to be submissive to their husbands. While many try to dismiss this instruction as archaic due to cultural differences between then and now, this principle is actually at the foundation of God's institution of marriage. Peter draws parallels between the submission of a wife to her husband with our submission to governmental authority and workplace authorities, indicating that submission is not conditioned upon the good or bad nature of the husband and that submission includes the aspect of obedience. This kind of submission, even more than spoken words of testimony, becomes the main avenue through which God will draw ungodly husbands to Himself as they witness the testimony of a godly wife in action.