He has defined what our responsibilities are to be. Here, Peter is saying that the wife's attitude is to be that of loving submission toward her husband whether or not he is a believer in Jesus Christ. This means it must be a continuous attitude . He is to be the initiator of love. As I said earlier, I don't know of any aspect of home life in which we have more hangups than in this area of submission.
Many people believe that leadership of the husband means the wife is inferior.
As marriage partners, however, there is a functional difference between the two, and that difference in responsibilities was designed by God. In addition, although it is the responsibility of the wife to submit to her husband , somehow we have communicated to people that she is the only person responsible under God for submission. Nothing could be further from the truth. As members of the body of Christ, we all need each other. We are committed to each other because we are the family of God.