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NASB | Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:33 However, each man among you [without exception] is to love his wife as his very own self [with behavior worthy of respect and esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of lovingkindness], and the wife [must see to it] that she respects and delights in her husband [that she notices him and prefers him and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him, honoring him, and holding him dear]. [1 Pet 3:2] |
Subject: Worthy of Honor but not of Respect |
Bible Note: The scripture you gave as reference (Eph 5:33) speaks of a great need that women have; her need to know that someone loves her and her need for the security that someone is hearing from God on her behalf. It also speaks of a great need that men have; for him to know that someone respects him and has the convidence in him to make the right decisions and for him to know he is trusted to hear from God on situations concerning his family. Eph 5:22 says “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” This is a high calling! But the previous verse says believers are to also submit to one another. This is an even higher calling! A believing husband and wife are brothers and sister in Christ first. Being husband and wife is a relationship that will exist “until death do they part”, but being brothers and sisters in Christ is a relationship that will exist for eternity! Mutual submissiveness has to happen in different situations in order for a marriage to work. Based on Eph 5:22, wives are to submit to their husbands “as to the Lord”. This simply means she trust God to speak to her husband on her behalf. I know of no Godly women who’s husband is following the Lord and also loves her enough to die for her, having any problem at all with this! Man’s role as being the scriptural authority in the home is a role of strength and service, not dictatorship and dominance. The only way for a man to meet this God-given role and to have the right attitude of doing what God requires, is to consider it a duty, not a right. If the husband is not hearing from the Lord, it is obvious that God never intended for the wife to go against His Word to fulfil her role as submissive wife, but she should never question God’s perfect family model and the God-given office that God has given the husband in the home, whether he is fulfilling that role or not. God bless you! retxar |