gengwall

NN – I agree with you that each gender receives distinct instructions when it comes to the context of marriage (TL is also right, that those instructions apply to all of us in the context of Christian fellowship – sheez, I’m starting to sound like Tevye). What I would not agree with is that those separate instructions create a hierarchy. In fact, although they are separate, I believe the content of the instructions, especially to men, speak explicitely against hierarchy (love unconditionally, serve, honor, live in an understanding way, etc.) Authoritarian agape love is utterly paradoxical.