Do You Submit to your husbands as Ephesisans 5:22 teaches? (women, church, believe)
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This topic came up in another thread regarding Ephesians 5:22-23, and I was wondering how do married christian women feel or think about submitting to your husbands? Do you take submission literally or you just avoid submitting to your husband altogether?
This topic came up in another thread regarding Ephesians 5:22-23, and I was wondering how do married christian women feel or think about submitting to your husbands? Do you take submission literally or you just avoid submitting to your husband altogether?
I heard a sermon on this a couple years ago; most of it I've forgotten (unfortunately) but one part that's stuck with me is that while the verse does say for wives to submit to their husbands, husbands are supposed to love their wives and not abuse it. While the husband is the head of the relationship, he's still supposed to look out for his wife and act in a way that will enhance and encourage her and the relationship, not just do whatever he wants and expect the wife to go along with it. Also, the wife is still supposed to support and encourage her husband, and this includes letting him know if he's crossing the line and heading in the wrong direction.
Basically it's about loving each other and having mutual respect, supporting and guiding each other.
I don't believe, submitting to your husband, is meant to be taken as a dog submits to it's master. I believe MEN have taken this out of context and the submit part was meant more of a RESPECT for your husband.
I very definitely know that a Christian woman's husband is to be the head of the house,Just as Christ is the head of the church, and I have great a respect for that....it isGod'swill. If I disobey that, I am disobeying Him!
Now, in some cases, the husband becomes incapable of being the head. A wife must do the best she can under such circumstances, but to continue to respect her husband, as long as it is not detrimental to their livelyhood, and ,(espacially) to their spirituality.
I am not married, but I sincerely believe that there should be a give and take in a marriage. If one accels in one area more than the other, than that one should lead and vice versa. With my parents, I don't believe that there is one particular head of the house and in a time when divorce is rampant, my parents have been married for over 35 years.
I heard a sermon on this a couple years ago; most of it I've forgotten (unfortunately) but one part that's stuck with me is that while the verse does say for wives to submit to their husbands, husbands are supposed to love their wives and not abuse it. While the husband is the head of the relationship, he's still supposed to look out for his wife and act in a way that will enhance and encourage her and the relationship, not just do whatever he wants and expect the wife to go along with it. Also, the wife is still supposed to support and encourage her husband, and this includes letting him know if he's crossing the line and heading in the wrong direction.
Basically it's about loving each other and having mutual respect, supporting and guiding each other.
Very well said! Giving you rep for that!
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