Family : The Important Role Of Family In The Family

Paul also teaches that wives should submit to their husbands and husbands submit to the Lord.

“A woman 's submission to her husband is rooted in the word of God calling her to be, for the Lord sake, submissive to him. Which means she always has a higher allegiance mainly to

Through the Wife’s journey to bring men and women to a more comparable level there is no attempt to change society’s mind when it comes to shortcomings of the current social order. It is in these instances where the Wife may come off written as a shrewd and spouting her dissatisfaction. The Wife; however, says a few intriguing examples of how her own society goes about treating women unfairly. Double standards for men and women, she states, are far too common and too deeply engrained in culture. While examining this issue, she mentions Christ’s teachings say to her, "That by the same ensample taughte he me / That I ne sholde wedded be but ones" (117, ll. 12-13). She later adheres to the fact that many holy men have had more than one wife, stating, “ I woot wel Abraham was an

Because the Lord values the relationship of a man and his wife, he also gives us instructions as to how husbands and wives are to treat each other through Paul’s teaching in Ephesians 5:21-33. The subject of Paul 's teaching in Ephesians 5:21-33 is that of submission in the context of marriage. Paul 's instructions here create a clash with the beliefs and practices of our culture today. However, a closer study of what God really intended sheds much light on what is really being taught in this hard saying of Paul. Paul is talking about the different roles the both the husband and wife has with each other in relationship with their relationship with Christ.

In the first three verses, 22 through 24, it talks about how wives are to submit to their husbands. It describes it as the man being the head of the household and that the wife is to submit to him as the church does to Christ. This is very significant to create a happy home environment. If the wife follows the perfect example of how the church submits to Christ and brings that type of mindset to her marriage not only does that doing what the lord asks, but it brings a since of respect for the husband. As we all know from taking the class respect for men is everything in a relationship. By the wife submitting to the husband in every way it gives the husband the respect he needs to make him feel fulfilled. Even when it says for the wives to submit to their husbands this doesn’t mean that you are a slave though as well. Women still have their own will power, but it is more of when it comes to some decisions that even though the wife may not be in agreement, you respect his authority and trust he knows best along with choosing the decision that leads to God. If a wife doesn’t respect her husband many problems will start to

Paul’s words about the relationship between husbands and wives serve not only as a guide for Christian marriages, but also a method of explaining the relationship between Christ and the church. This section of Ephesians illustrates two important facets of Christianity: the nature of the church’s submission to Christ and the nature of Jesus’s love for the church. As noted before, Paul had already taken time in this letter to assert the headship of Christ in Ephesians 1:22, 4:15, and now in 5:23. Jesus, as the authority and center of the church, is due reverence and submission from the church. Throughout Ephesians, Paul calls believers to recognize the “lordship of Christ” and then to act on that acknowledgement through willing submission. Jesus’s love for the church is exemplified in the laying down of his life for her salvation. Paul recalls the sacrifice of Christ frequently his letter, beginning in Ephesians 1:7 – “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.” Here, in Ephesians 5:25, Paul again tells the church the Christ “gave himself up for her.” Christ’s love is sacrificial and he is the Savior of the church (Eph. 5:23). Furthermore, Jesus “nourishes and cherishes” the church, as if it were his own body (Eph. 5:29), displaying a love that is unforced and freely given. Paul also shows that Christ’s love is purpose-filled. Jesus’s death and resurrection serves to sanctify the church so “that she might be holy” (Eph. 5:26-27). Though believers are still sinful, “the Christ who pledges himself to the church will establish the church’s holiness, recalled yet forgiving her

The wife's view of marriage and family tends to be shaped by the Catholic Church. That is often not so for the men."

“The reciprocal relations of husband and wife must spring from their common relationship with Christ” (TOB, 472). “Christ is the source and…model of that submission” (TOB, 474). In articulating the equality of spouses in marriage, John Paul II uses the relationship of Christ and the Church. Through this relationship is one-sided in its submission, it is embodies the life giving and self-sacrificing necessary in perfecting and persevering the union. Wives are to be submissive to their husbands as they are to the Lord, who is the head of the Church. This does not lead the wife to be dominated nor demeaned. Rather, she as she honors and serves the Lord, she must do so for her husband, which is animated through the couples mutual relationship with

"For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault." - Ephesians 5:25-27 (NLT)

According to the Women’s Bible Commentary on pages 586-587, this ideal of the Christian household is inspired by the ideas of Christian

In the book Ephesians,the author has a different view of the relationship between the Church and Christ (Harris,2014). This author's view focuses more on the unity of Jew and Gentile in one Church. Paul states that Christ is the head of the church, which acts as his body (Harris,2014). Christ now fills the church as wholly as God fills Christ. I believe the implication here is comparing marriage between a man and woman. The author of Ephesians reminds husbands to love and their wives as themselves,even though a hierarchy is recommended. For the husband is the head of the wife,as Christ is the head of the church, He Himself being the Saviour of the body. However, the church is subject to Christ,so also the wives ought to be to their husbands

Each verse in this passage is in the contexts of what a relationship between a husband and wife should be. Paul writes as if he is speaking directly to husbands and their wives. “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church—he himself being the savior of the body.” “Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, so that he may present the church to himself as glorious—not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.” The passage itself is in the context of how the body of Christ is supposed to live. Paul addresses the believer life here on this earth from chapter four

Ephesians 5:58-33, “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

The complementarian view makes a distinction between the roles of husband and wife in marriage, and within the church men can lead, teach, preach, and be pastors. Women are forbidden from these roles. There are clearly defined roles in the Scriptures for the husband and wife. The husband is to be the head of the home while the wife submits to her husband. The husband is to be a servant-leader because that is how Christ demonstrated leadership. The wife is to willingly and lovingly submit to her husband and to be his helper. Even though there are roles distinguished the husband and wife are equal spiritually. The husband is not superior to his wife, and the wife is not inferior to her husband. The roles are

Therefore, to speak in terms of 1 Corinthian 7:8, But I say to the unmarried and to widows