1. Submission in the Family 1 Peter 3:1-7

2. Duties of the Submissive Wife Command of Submission Purpose of Submission

3. Command of Submission Additional realm of Christian submission (government, workplace, and family)

4. Submission of Wives Planned by God (1 Tim. 2:9-15) Commanded by God (Eph. 5:22) Fitting in God (Col. 3:18) Honoring to God (Titus 2:4-5)

5. “To operate effectively, the home – like every human institution – must have a head, someone who is the final authority. God assigned that position to the husband. But Scripture and human history alike confirm that the moment we divorce the thought of subjection from that of affection, we have lost its God-given significance” – Hiebert

6. Purpose of Submission Evangelistic opportunity Win the unbelieving spouse (1 Cor. 9:19-22)

7. “If the husband will not yield to the authoritative spoken word of the Gospel, he may be reached by the wife’s silent demonstrations of its transforming power in her daily conduct. Instead of trying to coax and argue her husband into becoming a Christian, she will be more effective by quietly living out its saving power before him.” – Hiebert

8. Chaste and Reverent Philippians 4:8 Titus 2:5 1 John 3:3 Proverbs 23:17 2 Corinthians 7:1 1 Peter 1:17 Proverbs 31:30

9. Web resources on God’s role for women marthapeace.com cbmw.org