Kristen

I honestly don’t understand where Mark is getting the idea that egals think “submit” means “put the other first and meet their needs.” “Submit” means “voluntarily yield to.” As such, it can happen whether the person you are voluntarily yield to is in authority, or not. Christians are asked to “voluntarily yield” to government authorities, not to “put them first and meet their needs.” They are also asked to “voluntarily yield” to one another. Because voluntary yielding can be given to someone in authority or someone not in authority, it may, but need not, convey the idea of authority. That’s not hard to understand.
Mark’s making a straw man argument. No egal I ever talked to has given the word “submit” the meaning “put first and meet the needs of.”