gengwall

Was just looking at scripture for all and it seems to indicate the Christian status of the husband is not the issue. The literal translation in scripture for all is:

“likewise wives being-subject to-the own husbands that also if any-men are-being-stubborn to-the word…”

It implies, in my opinion, that the men are not so much unbelieving but are rebelling or back-sliding. In fact, “unbelieving” seems to be quite a bad translation (the KJV has it as “if any obey not the word”.) This further supports the notion that the specific window into Abraham and Sarah’s life is a point in time where he is “being stubborn to the word”. It elevates the example that Sarah is setting – how much greater is her reverence and inner purity, not to mention plain patience, if she is dealing with an Abraham who is behaving very badly – and puts it in line with the other examples of submission, obedience, and respect that Peter has preceeded this passage with.