In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
Beholding your chaste behavior ... The literal meaning of  1 Peter 3:2 is, "Having kept, or when they have kept an eye on your chaste conversation."[4] The husband in such a marriage would be jealously on the watch to see what effect would show in her life after embracing those foolish notions, as they might have appeared to him.