30.What is to be the attitude of the wife toward her husband?

The wife is to be subject to her husband, submitting herself to him.

There is wisdom in this. A ship can have only one captain. A household can have only one head. When the wife or husband cannot accept the Divinely ordered authority, confusion will arise. The home soon will be chaotic. The wife may leave because she cannot accept being thwarted in her desires. She breaks away from God’s rule, thereby bringing herself into terrible bondage.

This is not to say that the Christian wife should be overly submissive to an ungodly husband. The Christian wife should not practice sin in order to be "in subjection" to her husband. Participating in his sin will never bring him to Christ.

Only God can give the wisdom for the individual household. If the ungodly should leave, let him leave. Then the Christian wife should seek the counsel of the elders of the church in an effort to determine the Lord’s will for her life.