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But that command to the church eliminates a hierarchy, does it not? Or more in line with 1 Cor 7, does Paul not create a reciprocal subjection, leaving no one actually in charge? Are husbands exempt in their relationship with their wife inside the home from the very command they are called to follow outside the home. Certainly the walls of a home do not cancel the call for believers to subject themselves to one another. So, the question in my mind is not so much whether or not husbands need to subject themselves to their wives. They most certainly do. The real question IMO is why did Paul repeat the instruction when he turned to wives in particular. But that is best left for another time.

Anyway, I was referring to the “love your wife” half of the marriage passage.