Married Christian women, do you behave toward your husbands as instructed in the Epistles?

Question

Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

I Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands

(Book, Chapter and Verse are all verified)

Answer 1

Sure I do, my husband is the head of the household, why?

Don't forget, he also loves me as Christ loves the church. My husband has given of himself more than even I expected. He doesn't think of doing for himself at all, he does all he can for me and our girls.

I know a lot of men love that verse because they think "woooohoooo, I get to be the boss" but forget that they also carry the responsibility if something goes wrong.

Answer 2

Are you for real? These are historical realities fare from a very different time and placed that, in case you haven't noticed, are no longer OUR historical reality today in the Western World. The subjugation of women and their sexuality was a necessary part of ancient patriarchal middle-eastern society. Early Christian groups, even Paul, quickly (historically speaking) moved away from this model throughout the 2000 year history of Christianity in Europe to where we are today. No one with a real understanding of Biblical Scholarship accepts the idea that this, along with other numerous instances of historically time and culture specific practices, should be practiced today. Just like temple sacrifices, crucifixion, stoning, etc. Unfortunately, Koranic scholars are yet to do this kind of Historical Criticism. They are still stuck in the Dark Ages when it comes to understanding the formation of their Holy Book. Because these issues, ones we feel are no longer necessary or acceptable, don't make the Bible any less valid for believers. But it does give us a much better understanding of the people who experienced these things and how they later shaped religious doctrine and tradition.

Answer 3

Teehee. Not christian but can't resist responding, especially given the post above me. "A necessary part of ancient patriarchical society?" Necessary for what and according to whom? Would women have ruined the earth were they not kept under strict social rules? And "Paul (that lover of women) and the Church moved quickly away from it"? Because women have been considered perfectly equal with men, and given equal rights, in the last 2000 years of Christian society, right? Ah... no. I'd bring up primary sources that document the male chauvinism of the middle ages and the renaissance... not to mention of today... but I am feeling lazy this morning. Email me if you really want to hear it.
Anyhoo... mainstream Christianity, or at least mainstream Catholicism, views the bible as something that needs interpretation for modern-day living (Vatican I and Vatican II, anyone?), not as something that should be interpreted literally.
Not a Christian myself, but I thought I'd point that out for general edification purposes.

Answer 4

very good question. when people say women in Islam are forced to submit to their husbands, how quickly the Christians forget their own books.