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;
If they obey not the word ...  "The word here is the gospel, and the clause means, `If any are not Christians.'"[2] In this verse Peter means, "The husband should be the head of the house, and the wife should recognize the fact."