Ephesians 5:22-27
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Submission and serving go hand in hand. In the roles of husband and wife, there is authority and headship, but never enslavement or forced servitude. The submission here is a willing one of the positions in a marriage, reflecting those of the church and Christ. This is too often misused for power or control, but the scriptures show a loving and willing orchestration of a synergetic working for God’s glory instead. Wives then submit to the husband who in turn submits to Christ as head, and husbands give themselves to their wives sacrificially out of love as Christ did to the death for the church. The end is to glorify God together as a couple and as a body of believers who reflect holiness as cleansed and perfected in Him.
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