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What does it mean to be submissive5/9/2023 Marriage is a decision to serve each other, whether in bed or out!īefore we forget, the call to submission in marriage is mutual and not gender-based. If submission was actually about a woman losing her volition, Paul wouldn’t state in 1 Corinthians 7:4 that she gives authority over her body to her husband. The word ‘submit’ was replaced with ‘support’, even though in the subsequent passages, it still mentioned ‘submit.’ “Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ” The Message Translation says in that passage(Ephesians 5:22-24 MSG): The biblical concept of submission simply means to willfully deploy one’s self in service to their partner. This is evidential that the original biblical concept of submission doesn’t condone subjugation or insinuate the literal meaning which suggests a woman totally relinquishing her will to her husband, positioning him as a superior. It well defines this equalizing principle as a sort of voluntary raising everyone else to your own personal level of importance and worthiness. The Greek word that was translated into submission is hupotasso, which means to get under and lift up, or to put in order. It is imperative to note that the Bible wasn’t written in English: the New Testament was written in Greek, and translating the scriptures into English did some texts a disservice because English words couldn’t explicitly express the tone and exactitude of the conveyed meaning in its original language. In my search for the truth, I delved into an exegetical study of those scriptures that talked about submission, and the Christian marriage as a whole. As a young man who upholds his Christian beliefs and one who is deeply concerned about the inequality meted out to women in our society, it took me some time to mull over, study and understand that the submission the Bible talks about is anything but it’s literal meaning of a woman totally giving up her will to her husband, a superior authority.
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