EPHESIANS—NOTE ON Ephesians 5:22 submit. Paul begins with the right ordering of the marriage relationship (see also Colossians 3:18; 1 Peter 3:1). The submission of wives is not like the obedience of children, nor does this text command all women to submit to all men (to your own husbands). Both genders are equally created in God’s image (Genesis 1:26) and heirs together of eternal life (Galatians 3:28). The submission described here is to the husband’s leadership for the health of the marriage relationship.

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