Beautiful wives

1 Pe 3:1-6

3:1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 3 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

• At this point, who has Peter told Christians to be submissive, respectful, and obedient to?
  
• Why does Peter's challenge to wives come immediately after discourses on Jesus' suffering and unreasonable masters?
  
• Why does he specifically address wives of husbands disobedient to the word?
  
• What is one purpose for the wife's submission?
  
• Why might a Christian wife consider herself free from her husband's authority?
  
• How is this any different that governmental or master's authority?
  
• How is the Christian wife supposed to be attentive to beauty?
  
• Which of these things will last and grow more precious?