Ephesians 5:22-24

Wives submit to your own husbands.

Ephesians 4:22 put off / lay aside (middle voice)

your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires.

23 and to be renewed (passive) in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on (to enter into, get into, sink into - middle voice) the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

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2.. Walk in love

Give thanks

18…(keep on being- passive) filled with the Spirit.

19… (Praise God)

20… giving thanks always

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21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Submitting / Be subject to - hypotassō

primarily a military term, "to rank under" (hupo, "under," tasso, "to arrange”),

(*) in the Middle or Passive Voice, to subject oneself, to obey, be subject to,

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25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you

will give birth to children.�Your desire will be for your (against/towards) husband, and he will rule over you.”

Gen 3:16

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22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, 

as to the Lord. 

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23 For the husband is the head

of the wife even as 

Christ is the head of the church,

his body, and is himself its Savior. 

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24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

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22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, 

as to the Lord. 

Biblical submission of a wife:

“Divine calling on the wife to honor and affirm her husband’s leader and help carry it through according to her gifts.”

Biblical submission of a wife:

It is not about blind obedience or inferiority, but rather a mutual partnership where both spouses practice love and sacrifice for one another.

Marital Submission is not:

• Always agreeing with each other.
• It is not about ability, capability or value of the person. Our abilities are complementary when working together.
• It doesn’t mean the wife doesn’t share her thoughts, feelings or wants. She should not avoid the effort to help her husband know and follow truth but “how” she communicates matters.
• It is not supposed to be demeaning, tearing down or abusive. Not harsh.

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Marital Submission is not:

• Submitting to her husband over submitting to Christ. Do not not follow your husband into sinning against God.
• The wife going to God through her husband. She has the Holy Spirit and a direct relationship with God. She is going to need God to walk this out.
• Her words will not win her husband over but her loving actions might.

A submissive wife is not weak or fearful, she is brave and strong.

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How do I submit to my husband if he is not acting as directed by God and the scriptures?

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22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, 

as to the Lord. 

1 Peter 3

1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word,

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they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they see your respectful and pure conduct.

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3 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

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5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

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8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

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9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord…. 

25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,