Kristen

I never said a wife was only to submit to her husband in that culture. I said he only had authority over her in that culture. I agree that wives are to submit to their husbands, and also that husbands and wives are to submit “to one another in reverence for Christ.” The husband’s submission is described in the love he is encouraged to have, which is like Christ’s love when He “gave Himself,” which was an act of submission.

The relationship between Christ and the church is compared to the relationship between a wife and a husband. This does not mean the wife-husband relationship mirrors the church-Christ relationship in all aspects– since “submission” need not imply authority, and authority is not mentioned in the passage, therefore authority is not one of those aspects it mirrors– but no, the church-Christ relationship is not cultural.
At this point we are going in circles around the meaning of two words: “submit” and “one another.” You asked me about “submit.” I must ask you about “one another.”
Why does “one another” not mean “one another” to you? For you must admit that if it does (and all the lexicons say it means mutuality) then submission cannot always mean “to authority” or we would all be in authority over each other.