Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mccandld@lafcol.uucp (Fortunato) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: No Distinction != Equal under Christ Jesus Message-ID: Date: 13 Jul 89 06:17:38 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Fields of flowers in a gravity flux Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , mtb@cbnews.att.com (mtb) writes: > He clearly states in Eph. 5:22 - 24 {New American Standard Version}: > > Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. > For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also > is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior > of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so > also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. > > This *SEEMS* fairly clear, but as we all know, it is important to view any > verse or passage in its context. You are correct, though for a second I thought you had forgotten the second half of the verse. "Husbands, love your wife just as Christ loves the church...etc" > The husband > has the role to lead as Christ leads by initiating self-sacrificial love and > the wife has the role of following the husband's lead. Good! Didn't mean to be picky, but so often we just hear the first part quoted and tend to forget that we men have just as difficult a task as the women. Neither sex has a free ride through marriage. ---David