Charis

I would not call what a husband has “authority over” and I noticed that Tiffany objected to that term as well. A husband has “authority to” nourish, cherish, etc.

Whatever God CALLS one to do and to be,
HE is ready willing and able
to equip and empower one
to do and to be!

And I think when NN and Tiffany are saying that biblical authority is different than worldy authority, they are saying something that Jesus said:

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. 26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. 27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

So a woman who is servile toward her husband is usurping his authority. BTDT for many years!

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