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;
they also may without the word: The "word" in this passage is the word of the wife, not the word of God. It is impossible for a person to be led to the word of truth without the word of truth. The idea is that the husband may without a word, not the word, be led to obey the truth. In the Greek there is no definite article before the second use of the term "word."