Kathleen

My husband and I are reading through 1 Peter 3 for our devotionals together the last couple of days. It is so like God to answer my prayers and concerns about 1 Peter 3:1-5 here, and I’m so thankful. The context actually starts in chapter 2, especially verse 21 through to 1 Peter 3:5,6.

Grudem states,
“Marriage is intended to be a reflection of the divine order in that submission by the wife in marraige reflects the submission of the church to Christ. Hlep her to see that in neither case is the submission mutual. Christ does not submit to the church, but vice versa, and likewise the husband does not submit to the wife.”

Well, actually our Lord did yield and suffered for us (vs. 21) and left us an example about yielding to one another. Though I don’t believe this advocates abuse of women/wives, because husbands are to take that example of Christ for themselves as well, and they’re exhorted in 3:7 to honor their wives, etc. The context of this passage of chapters 2 and 3 of 1 Peter IS “one anothering” each other, especially among believers.

The context just jumped out at me that it must mean yielding to each other and not some kind of hierarchal submission to authority.