Model Marriage by Bishop Dag Heward Mills

Duties of the Wife

2. Submit to Your Husband

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the

husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he

is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let

the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Ephesians 5:22-24

Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them

do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behaviour

of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty

should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing

of gold jewelry and fine clothes.

1 Peter 3:1-3 (New International Version)

The Bible teaches clearly that wives should submit to their husbands.^3 Christian wives will do
well to obey this Scripture.

3. Keep the Home

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love

their children. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their

own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:4,5

4. Provide Sexually for Your Husband

Every wife has a God-given duty to satisfy the sexual needs of her husband. Usually, the need
to have sex is greater for a man than for a woman, and many wives find their husbands’ persistent
advances for sex a bother. A wife should know and understand that if she does not take care of
her husband’s sexual needs, she may push him to seek fulfilment elsewhere and this will lead to
a lot of heartache and pain. It is therefore in her own interest to satisfy him sexually at home.

5. Provide Nice Food for Your Husband

Food is also another thing which is very important to a man. It is the duty of a wife to produce
nice and tasty meals for her husband and the rest of the household.

She must introduce a lot of variety in the food she prepares and be very innovative. Cooking
is an art which must be learnt and mastered!