Elastigirl

Mark,

Concerning: “Where is one verse that tells husbands to submit directly to their wives? Since we know it does not exist, why the egal push to claim something the Bible never declares.

It’s plain as day. There was a comment above that articulated it all so well. Can’t find it — i’ll try to recapture it:

Ephesians 5:21-25

verse 21: Paul states “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” Plainer than plain that all are included in this statement, husbands, wives, slaves, masters, friends, co-workers,….

verse 22: Paul tells wives to submit to their husbands. He doesn’t mention that wives are to love their husbands. Just because he doesn’t mention it are we to conclude they are excused from doing so? Of course not. It’s quite the given. Surely the least intuitive bone in the least intuitive person has to start tingling with recognition of the truth of this.

verse 25: Paul tells husbands to love their wives. He doesn’t mention that husbands are to submit to their wives. Just because he doesn’t mention it are we to conclude they are excused from doing so? Especially in light of verse 21, of course not. It’s quite the given.

Reading this as a whole as if for the first time (if only we could detox our brains), those least intuitive bones have to start tingling with recognition of the truth of this as well.

We can get so tangled and twisted in analyzing and dissecting parts of the Bible (and flooding our minds with the analyses of others) that it becomes too convoluted for common sense. We miss the fact of the forest, trying to figure out the meaning of lichen and drops of sap.