Body: | 11 Patterns of submission & headship in the New Testament
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A. Wives must submit to their husbands as husbands submit to others!
For women to complain about submitting to their husbands completely
misses the fact that she and her husband are commanded to submit in 10
additional areas!
This is a summary of all passages relating to submission and
headship in the New Testament.
For wives to deny they must submit to their husbands means they must
deny the inspiration of scripture itself.
From the chart below, it is clear that men must submit to headship
in 10 of the 11 categories. Women must submit to headship in all eleven
categories below. For women to refuse to submit to their husbands becomes
quite illogical, unless they rebel in all 11 categories.
Note that men never refuse to submit in their 10 categories below,
so why should any wife refuse to submit to her husband?
B. Eleven patterns of submission & headship in the New Testament
Submission
Headship
Bible Texts
All creation
God
Jas 4:7; Heb 12:9
Christ
God
1 Cor 15:28
All Creation
Christ
1 Cor 15:27-28;Heb 2:2;Eph 1:20-23;Phil 3:21;1 Pe 3:22
Church
Christ
Eph 5:24
Church
Leaders
1 Cor 16:16; 1 Th 5:12;Heb 13:17 (minister = servant/under rower)
Children
Parents
Eph 6:1-4; Col 3:20-21; Lk 2:41-52; 1 Ti 3:4
Young men
Older men
1 Pe 5:5
Slaves
Masters
Eph 6:5-9; Col 3:22-24; Tit 2:9-10; 1 Pe 2:18-20
Citizens
Government
Rom 13:1-6; 1 Pe 2:13-15; Tit 3:1
Every Christian
To Others
Eph 5:21
Wives
Husbands
Eph 5:22-24; Col 3:18; Tit 2:5; 1 Pe 3:1-7; 1 Cor 11:3
B. Other usage's of submission/ subjection:
Creation subjected to futility in hope to be set free from slavery:
Rom 8:20-21
Christ submitted demons to the Christians of 1st century: Lk
10:17-20
Subjection to the word of God: Christians submit: 2 Cor 9:13.
Unbelievers: will not subject themselves to God's word: Rom 8:7; Rom 10:1-3
Christians must bring their bodies into subjection to their spirits:
1 Cor 9:27
Wives of prophets within the assembly must submit to their husbands
by showing special silence other women did not have to show: 1 Cor 14:34-35
Women must receive instruction with entire submissiveness: 1 Tit
2:11-12
Steve Rudd
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