626 B
626 B
In the same way, you who are wives should submit to your own husbands
Just as believers are to "Obey every human authority" (1 Peter 2:13) and servants are to "be subject" to their masters (1 Peter 2:18), wives are to submit to their husbands. The words "Obey," "be subject," and "submit" translate the same word.
some men are disobedient to the word
"some men do not believe the message about Jesus"
they may be won
"they may be persuaded to believe in Christ" or "they may become believers"
without a word
"without the wife saying a word." Here "a word" refers to anything the wife might speak about Jesus.