A woman covenantally joined to a man in marriage, called by God to be a helper suitable to her husband (Genesis 2:18), to love and respect him, to manage the home with wisdom, and to reflect the church's faithful submission to Christ. Being a wife is not a diminishment but a high calling — the wife is the crown of her husband (Proverbs 12:4) and a co-heir of the grace of life (1 Peter 3:7).
WIFE, n. A woman who is united to a man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; a woman who has a husband. In composition, wife denotes a woman of a low or humble occupation, as a fishwife, alewife, etc. A good wife, according to Scripture, is a virtuous woman whose price is above rubies.
The role of wife has been systematically devalued by feminism, which frames marriage as a power imbalance and domesticity as oppression. Women are told that ambition and career are superior to homemaking and wifehood. Scripture's call for a wife to submit to her husband is labeled as archaic or abusive — yet biblical submission is voluntary, mutual in spirit, and rooted in love, not coercion.
Proverbs 31:10 — "An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels."
Genesis 2:24 — "A man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife."
Ephesians 5:22-23 — "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord."
1 Peter 3:4 — "Let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit."
G1135 — gynē (γυνή) — woman, wife; used in NT contexts for married women
H802 — 'ishah (אִשָּׁה) — woman, wife; the one taken from man (Genesis 2:23)
"A godly wife is not a subordinate employee but a partner in the covenant, whose wisdom, faithfulness, and love are the backbone of a thriving household."
"The world tells women that being a wife is settling. Scripture tells them it is a sacred calling that shapes the next generation."