Cheryl Schatz

Scott had written on my blog post from its other location: “Nope, Cheryl. You wrote, ” mutual submission is mandated one to another.” That’s from v. 21 (Ephesians 5) but instructions specifically for husband and wife don’t start until after that verse. How could God command mutual submission and then command the wife to submit to the husband?

The man is an umbrella”

Verse 21 sets the foundation for what comes later. In fact it sets the foundation for all of us. No one in the body of Christ is exempt from submitting “one to the other” (mutuality) Even Christ, the greatest Man that ever lived, submitted to serve the disciples, including Judas, by washing their feet. We are to have this attitude within ourselves.

So while husbands and wives are specific kinds of people within the body of Christ, just as slaves and masters are differing, all are commanded to submit out of our reverence for Christ, because in the body, we are all equal. They are no parts that are better or less. All are to serve one another in love as Christ served us in love.