Mark

Kristen,

let me try and understand what your saying. The Bible does promote an authority/submission paradigm but not always. Therefore the husband/wife is not an authority one but a different ‘mutual’ submission. Which one’s are authority based and which aren’t? What criteria do you use to determine what means authority and what doesn’t?

Now let’s apply that to your own testimony with children. You admit you are in ‘authority’ yet you say you are submissive to them. Maybe you need to define your words, becasue it sounds like you confuse service with submission. You don’t ‘submit’ to that child becasue you are not ‘subordinate’ to him/her (BDAG definition of submit), but you use your authority to serve and love that child. You cannot be in authority and submit to the same person…it’s an oxymoron- because to be submissive means to be subordinate, and to be subordinate excludes the possibility of being in authority over the person you submit to.

What makes you think ‘one another’ changes the meaning of the verb ‘submit’? Where is your evidence for this change to take place?

If you answered other things on the other post, i’m afraid i didn’t get a chance to read them.

Cheers