“even if any of them are disobedient to the word.” The phrase “disobedient to the word” at least means those who are not living by biblical principles, but it could also include those who have not personally submitted to the lordship of Christ. Peter isn’t writing this to “put wives in their place.” Submission has a greater purpose than simply domestic order: “so that … they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives.” Here’s the point: when a Christian wife lives a Christlike life