gengwall

Perhaps I am misundertanding you Charis. I will ponder it more.

What I believe is that Ephesians 5 (even starting before vs. 21-22) is instruction to first, Christians in general, and then Christian husbands and wives – active and passive forms not withstanding. It seems, like you are saying that Paul is simply stating the obvious about people’s “status”. I believe essentially the opposite – that Paul is instructing people to change the status quo.

Anyway, I appologize if I am not understanding you. I have been baking bread for three days straight and maybe the yeast is going to my head.