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Paul gives instruction that wives are to “hupotassoe” their husbands in Eph 5:22, Col 3:18 & Titus 2:5. Just after this last passage, in Titus 3:1, Paul again instructs his audience to “hupatassoe” the governing authorities. Similarly, just before his instruction to wives, Peter uses this same term to describe the relationship of believers to “ordinances of men” and of servants toward their masters.

Husbands
governing authorities
ordinances of men
masters

How does Paul’s use prove that the husband had spiritual authority over his wife? What is common and apparent to each in the list is legal authority. But where does the spiritual authority then come in at?