He made life so miserable for his wife that she left him, and his fellow workers have lost respect for him because he is a pious pretender. Becoming a spectacle to the world of God's glorious grace involves demonstrating submission to the world. In Christ's sacrifice he gave himself for our sins and that is exactly what submission involves. Submission involves mutual sacrifice of both husband and wife. Submission involves mutual honor of both children and parents.
Submission involves mutual respect of both slaves and masters.
In the first century when you found slaves and masters dedicated to Jesus Christ and seeking to please Christ as they served one another you found a great place to work. The purpose of the church is to submit to God's battle plan for victory. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.