Eph 5:21-30

Paul addresses Christian marriages and how they ought to live. He was speaking into a culture where the man was seen as domineering, but the Bible is counterculture.

Ephesians 5:24-25
Now that the church submits to Christ, wives should also submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Men have often used the Bible to tell their wives to “submit to them”, but in reality, the Bible talks about MUTUAL SUBMISSION.

Yes, the Bible says that the wife should submit to their husbands as the church submits to Christ. But then he tells the men to lay down their lives for their wives like Christ laid down His life for the church.

So while wives submit, husbands die.

The mutual submission is mutual servanthood.

The husband’s focus is on his wife.

The wife’s focus is on her husband.