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;
ye wives, be in subjection: The word "subjection" (hupotasso) is the same word used in 2:13 and 3:5, meaning "to arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection" (Thayer 645-2-5293). Peter’s teaching is in perfect accord with Paul’s instructions in Ephesians 5:22-24, Colossians 3:18-19 and Titus 2:1-5.