The woman who submits to her husband is putting trust in him to make the best decisions for the family. Providing and protecting the best interest of the woman or family. It does not mean your opinion doesn't matter. It means if there is a tough call to make, you give him the benefit of the doubt. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist.intransitive.