Ephesians 5:22-33 (Part 1)

I. Wives are called to be submissive to the leadership of their husbands.
-be subject to = hupotasso = line oneself under, take a subordinate place
-hupo = under, tasso = arrange, order, appointed
-Luke 7:8, Acts 15:2
-O'Brien "At the heart of this submission is the notion of 'order'. God has established certain leadership and authority roles within the family, and submission is a humble recognition of that divine ordering...Paul's admonition to wives is an appeal to free and responsible persons which can only be heeded voluntarily, never by elimination or breaking of the human will, much less by means of servile submissiveness."
-Gal. 3:28
-MacArthur "That is where the battle of the sexes began, where women's liberation and male chauvinism came into existence. Women have a sinful inclination to usurp man's authority and men have the sinful inclination to put women under their feet."
a. In obedience to the Lord.
-Col. 3:23
b. As a reflection of the relationship between Christ and the church.
i. The husband is the head as Christ is the head.
-head = kephale = authority, rule, authority over
ii. The wife is submissive as the church is submissive.