Rather than repeatedly focusing on just one example (Eph. Perhaps, then, we need to recalibrate the way we think about-and talk about-submission in the church. Here’s the point: submission is not a female virtue it’s a Christian virtue. His submission was so complete that he was “obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” (Phil. Christ, in his earthly ministry, submitted himself to the Father (John 4:34 5:3). Of course, the ultimate demonstration that submission is a good and biblical virtue is that it was practiced by our Lord himself. 13:7), servants are called to submit to masters (1 Pet. 6:1), church members are called to submit to elders (Heb. 13:1), children are called to submit to parents (Eph. The Bible is clear that everybody submits to somebody. Men and women are called to submit to the government (Rom.
In reality, Scripture has a more comprehensive view. 3:1) has been ground zero in the submission wars, both in our churches and the broader culture.īut letting these verses take center stage can give the mistaken impression that the Bible teaches that only women submit. The classic bumper sticker captures it well: “Question Authority.”Īnd if submission is already an unpopular concept, it only grows more unpopular in verses like Ephesians 5:22: “Wives submit to your husbands as unto the Lord.” Indeed, this passage (and its counterpart in 1 Pet.
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