In this chapter, Peter teaches women about submitting to their husbands. If we take this phrase word-for-word, which the Apostle Paul uses similar wording in his epistles, many angry women will refuse to “submit” to their husbands. So, let’s take the word “submit” and analyze it biblically, or what we say in the hermeneutical sense, adding archaeological context, culture, and God’s Plan to it. First, in a Christian marriage, the husband and wife submit to each other through the Holy Spirit, committing each other to God. Listen-to-me-again; they commit who? “Each other” to God. Peter’s advice to Christian wives is a new commitment to God, as godly women can win their husbands to Christ simply through their conduct and behavior. She does not have to say a word, but her motions and behaviors will set her apart from ungodliness. Her behavior will add curiosity to her husband, leaving him to want to know more about her faith. It is the woman who can change her husband’s life before God. Second, the bible does not teach women that they cannot make decisions on their own or that she is her husband’s servant, rather God shows favor to the couple so that the husband is the spiritual leader of the home, and together, the husband and wife are to submit themselves to Christ. Finally, holy women of God are not under the authority of their husbands or any man for that matter; rather, women should submit themselves to the Lord first and then to their husbands. Because the husband and wife come together in marriage before God, they have equal worth before Him. There is a balancing act between the husband and wife, as she may be physically weaker than him, lessening him to be gentler and kind. So, let’s review: Women, we are not to take offense with Peter, or Paul for that matter, when the bible states that we are to submit to our husbands. First, the husband and wife submit to each other through the Holy Spirit, committing each other to God. Second, God favors the couple so that the husband is the spiritual leader of the home, and together, the husband and wife are to submit themselves to Christ. And finally, women should submit themselves to the Lord first and then to their husbands. And why? Because when the husband and wife come together in marriage before God, they will have equal worth before Him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inthefieldaudiobible/message