‘But as the church is subject to Christ so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.'

The wife is to follow the pattern of the people of God who are submissive to Christ ‘in everything'. Thus she is to be subject to her husband in everything. But in a godly household this will result in reasonable discussion not dictatorship, just as a good king would discuss matters with his counsellors. However this is because the wife has the right to expect her husband to behave towards her with the same consideration as Christ does to His church.

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