How can a believing wife win her unbelieving husband without preaching at him?
A believing wife wins her unbelieving husband not by preaching, nagging, dragging him to church, or bringing him under a television ministry, but by living an exemplary Christian life before him. Her chaste conduct, coupled with fear, and her meek and quiet spirit—the hidden man of the heart—win him without a word.
Les explains that 1 Peter 3 admonishes believing wives to be in subjection to their own husbands so that an unbelieving husband who does not obey the Word may be won without the Word. He emphasizes that this means without preaching at him, without dragging him to church, without bringing him under the television ministry, and without saying a word. The wife is not to nag or preach, because that will not work. Instead, she is to live an exemplary Christian life before him. Her winning influence is her chaste manner of living coupled with fear, and her adorning is not outward—braiding hair, wearing gold, or putting on apparel—but the hidden man of the heart, a meek and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is of great price.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
More Questions
Why should a believing wife be in subjection to an unbelieving husband?
A wife's subjection to her unbelieving husband has the purpose that he may be won without the word through her conduct.
What does 1 Peter 3 command wives to do in relation to their husbands?
Wives are commanded to be in subjection to their own husbands.
What does the unbelieving husband see in his wife that helps win him?
The unbelieving husband is won while he beholds his wife's chaste manner of living coupled with fear.