Paula

I agree, Lin. To say Peter is giving Christian wives a more stringent level of respect for their husbands than the other way around is to agree that men need more respect than women. It would mean he was catering to society, while Paul in contrast left cultural issues like head coverings up to the women to decide.

I would think that when it comes to unbelievers observing the whole Christian community, the greater and stronger witness would be for the men to respect the women.