Wives, SUBMIT yourselves to your own husbands

[TonyChanYT]

Ephesians 5:

22 Wives, [submit] yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Was this a command from Paul?

Interestingly, in the Greek manuscript, the verb "submit" is not even there. Let's check the context in the previous verse:

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

As brothers and sisters, a Christian brother should submit to a Christian sister and vice versa.

Submit
Ὑποτασσόμενοι (Hypotassomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5293: From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey.

The verb here is a participle, not exactly a command.

First, Paul pointed out that believers should submit to one another for Christ's sake. With this context in mind, the following verse:

22 Wives, [submit] yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Concerning the husband-wife relationship, a wife is to submit to her husband. For the Lord's sake, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, all alike should submit to one another.

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 [G5293] to Christ, so also wives should [submit] to their husbands in everything.

Again, the second "submit" is not in the original Greek but is implied.

Elsewhere, Colossians 3:

18 Wives, submit [G5293] yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

submit
ὑποτάσσεσθε (hypotassesthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Plural

Here the verb "submit" is an imperative command.

Now, do husbands need to submit to their wives?

Yes, as we have already seen earlier in Ephesians 5:21. In the broader context, we are to submit to one another. In the marriage context, wives are to submit to their husbands. In any case, a husband should consult his wife before making any decision. In the end, it is up to the husband to decide.

 

[Who Me]

wives are to submit to their husbands

Context is always key and strangely these verse never, never include the command to the husband.
In my opinion any and all comments on Eph 5:22 that does not also comment on the awesome and frightening responsibilities of a husband are irrelevant.


Yes a wife is to submit to her Christian husband ( note only to a Christian husband ) but that husband is to lo e his wife as sacrificial as Jesus loves us.
In this context it is easy for a wife to obey her husband who loves her so much.

 

[TonyChanYT]

Context is always key and strangely these verse never, never include the command to the husband.
In my opinion any and all comments on Eph 5:22 that does not also comment on the awesome and frightening responsibilities of a husband are irrelevant.


Yes a wife is to submit to her Christian husband ( note only to a Christian husband ) but that husband is to lo e his wife as sacrificial as Jesus loves us.
In this context it is easy for a wife to obey her husband who loves her so much.

Colossians 3:

18 Wives, submit [G5293] yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

submit
ὑποτάσσεσθε (hypotassesthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Plural

Here the verb "submit" is an imperative command.

 

[Who Me]

The example we are to follow is the highest example a man can have. That of Jesus.

It is pointless to tell wives one thing and to ignore what is expected of us men.