Key application: reverse the PAIN of the fall (abuse, domineering, rebellion) but not the NATURE of the relationship (different roles). Fight thorns, not farming; fight abuse, not authority.

Mike's concluding application: don't come against farming, come against thorns and thistles. Don't come against different roles, come against the abuse of those roles -- whether in rebellion (refusal to submit) or in domineering authoritative behaviors (abuse of leadership). Selfless, loving, non-forceful, nurturing leadership from the husband; voluntary, loving submission from the wife, both acting in service to God.