gengwall

I disagree Kristen. If it is a simple statement of fact, then Paul is asking wives to remain in the authoritarian submission they already are in. How does this then relate to verse 21? Whatever submission is in Paul’s usage here, it is identical for all believers and wives. If vs. 22 is a statement of fact reflecting the cultural submission wives were bound under, then the mutual submission called for in vs. 21 is nonsensical.