People who only follow 1/2 of the command ought to be horse-whipped and then taught the whole thing. The wife is the weaker vessel and ought to be protected.
Punks!
This Christian man doesn’t care much for submissive women.
Not exactly treating her as he’d treat himself. Interesting how some men forget that part.
A man who mistreats his wife and does not love and cherish her is man in name only.
Love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy...
Jesus loved the church in the ultimate submission...unto death on the cross. I say these instructions tell the husband to submit to even a greater extent than the wife. It is not a contest, it is being Christlike in your words and actions towards the one who Christ has made you one flesh with.
Eph 5: 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[b] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Not all who claim to be Christian are.
Just what part of
(Ephesians 5:25) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
do these husbands miss?
The only husbands that deserve a wife who will submit to them is the husband who loves his wife as Christ loved the church.
These men are not walking like Christians and you can’t see Christ in them at all . Big difference between religion and relationship.
These men do not deserve a wife.
22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
The anti-Christian types have been pushing their purposeful misinterpretation of this passage from Colossians for years, so as to promote their anti-God views. They thrive on misinformation.
These women are not being asked to be submissive, they are being subjugated....
A Christian man knows he is part of a holy union submitted under the Lordship of Christ and his wife is flesh of his flesh.....and she deserves to be treated as such....
The only question a man needs to ask himself is how would Christ treat his wife....
I know someone who was once married to a man like this (and he was of Indian descent). Her pastor (ha!), from whom she sought help, was less than useless and was the reason she stayed as long as she did. But thankfully she got out.
Unless I’m missing something, the bible says “Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands.” Husbands are also supposed to submit themselves to their wives. It isn’t about controlling the other person. It is about learning to submit yourself to God and your spouse. It is about learning to live in the Kingdom of Heaven, following the example of Jesus Christ.
My wife has the real “power” in our marriage. She treats me like a king and I’m willing to crawl over broken glass for her. I never ask her to do something that goes against her principles or against God’s will for us.
A gentleman I know, a senior partner in an HR company in Calgary, spent the first ten years of his working life as a RC priest. About 40 years ago, one of his parishoners was often beaten by her alcoholic husband and she would often talk to the priest about what happened. The priest feared that the woman would be killed, as the intensity of the beatings was increasing.
He discussed this with his superior several times, suggesting that if she did not leave the marriage, she would soon be dead. His superior cautioned him that she could not get a divorce and that she should stay with her husband, no matter what.
The priest then got a call from the woman. She had been beaten so badly that he drove her to the ER and called the police. He advised her to get a divorce before she was killed. The next day, he met with his superior and explained his advice to the woman. His superior chastised him for his actions and insisted that he call the woman and ensure that she did not get a divorce. The priest refused and resigned because he felt that he could not work for an organization that would continue to insist on no divorce, even when continued marriage could result in death.
her Christian husband was angrily demanding her absolute submission. This included, among other things, that she clean their house according to his strict standards and that she engage in sexual acts with him that made her feel uncomfortable and dirty.
Why do I find myself getting all hot and bothered? (I'm female) lol.
total wrong view of biblical submission. it is not about tyranny. it is about trust and letting the guy do what needs to be done in terms ashead of the house, deferring to him. at the same time the guy better not abuse that or the trust will go away it isn’t a license to steamroll someone.
a good captain makes the first mate glad to be second in command.
This author makes some excellent points. Good article.
“angrily demanding her absolute submission”
Submission is given willingly and never “demanded”.
He is a jerk.
More time should be spent teaching girls the arts of housewifery.