No matter your situation, there is hope for your marriage. Peter's instruction to wives serves as encouragement to all marriages that are good, bad, or ugly. Every wife can gain some understanding and hope in her role as wife in marriage. Every husband can grow at a deeper level in his faith in God and understanding of his wife the way God intends. In so doing, marriage can be a beautiful picture of Christ's love for the church. Marriage is to be a picture of the gospel to a broken world around us.