Whatever God commands us to do we strive to do in obedience. For wives there are many commands and many helps from God to equip a wife to be obedient, faithful, and wise. Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 2 Thessalonians 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. Matthew 5:16 KJV Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven . Wives: The degree to which you submit to your husband is the degree to which you submit to the Lord. Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. James 3:17 KJV But the wisdom that is from above is first