The Excellent Wife 2026 Anniversary Edition by Martha Peace

About the book

The Excellent Wife was written to be a comprehensive resource for pastors, counselors, teachers, missionaries, and Christian women to use for themselves or to teach others what it really means to be a godly wife. It covers foundational truths about God, sin, and marriage, before narrowing focus to the individual wife's responsibilities to Christ, in her home, and to her husband. It covers the concept of submission, communication, and conflict resolution, as well as specific sin problems such as anger, fear, loneliness, and sorrow. Whether the focus is broad or narrow, each chapter is a part of the complete picture of being the wife that God desires: The Excellent Wife.

Endorsements

"Martha Peace, a biblical counselor of women, has written an excellent volume. Not only does it explain what God requires of a Christian wife, but it explains clearly how to obey God's commandments in order to become that wife. Get it, read it, and profit from it."
—Jay E. Adams, Pastor, Harrison Bridge Road Presbyterian Church, Simpsonville, South Carolina

"The Excellent Wife is scriptural, systematic, and practical work for today's women. Within its pages is a detailed portrait of a godly wife. Not only is the standard high and holy, but Martha demonstrates that by God's grace, it is attainable. Many women I have counseled have asked for a book directed to their calling in life that speaks to the issues they face. Well, here it is: read, meditate, and apply it, and you too can be changed by God's grace."
—Stuart W. Scott, Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

"The Excellent Wife is the official study of the Last Wives' Club (LWC). Martha's plain language biblical instruction is the perfect roadmap for the LWC to journey with wives across the nation who desire to submit their lives and marriages to God, and understand, respect, and support their husbands in ways that model their relationship with Christ. The Excellent Wife is a must have!"
—Pamela Scott Washington, Founder, Last Wives' Club, Anchorage, Alaska

About the author

Martha Peace is a teacher and biblical counselor of women. She is the author of The Excellent Wife, a blueprint for a godly wife based on Proverbs 31:10, and Becoming a Titus 2 Woman. Martha and her husband Sanford have two children, twelve grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. She travels extensively worldwide speaking to women's ministries, training them to use Scripture to develop godly character.