Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. Submission to others seldom brings harm to us and it speaks volumes about what we believe. If doing right results in suffering, we can take refuge in that God will bless us for doing right. But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.
Submission offers the greatest possibility of saving the lost.
The power of a submissive life comes through the purity of our motives and the reverence of our lives for Christ. Such lives cultivate the hearts of the lost for obedience to God's word. Peter encourages believing wives to submit so their husbands could be won without the word. Living right has the potential of making evil persons ashamed of their behavior. Nothing declares our sanctification in Christ more than our willingness to subject ourselves to the needs of others.