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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks Scimitar. It is important to note that we have not gotten
much work done in defining the unique, Christian understanding of submission;
so far I’ve kept it mostly to an abstract point: exegetically,
there is a level or kind of submission unique to the wife within the
institution of marriage. So far we have not said much about what this
submission looks like or what the role of the husband is with respect to this
submission. Jesus did not abolish the idea of submission to the rule of
the State, but he did say that any form of Christian leader was not to do as
the gentiles, who rule over their subjects, but to serve in love. We see a
similar transformation of the institution of marriage. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"...giving honor unto the wife,..." (I Peter 3:7).<br>
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave<br>
Himself for it;..." (Ephesians 5:25).<br>
"Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God" (Ephesians
5:21).<br>
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When husbands are obedient to these commands, it would seem a kind and good<br>
person should find little difficulty in her part and command of submission.<br>
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