Four Part Series: Submitting in Everything

“But as the church is subject to Christ,
so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.”
(Ephesians 5:24)

Follow the links below or click on the post banners to work through a four part series on submission in marriage. The series takes a close look at the biblical submission of wives by focusing on the meaning and application of the command in Ephesians 5:24 that wives should submit to their husbands in “everything”. Deepen your understanding about what submission is and how to live it in obedience to God.

Part One: Are Wives Really to Submit in Everything?
Part Two: What Does it Mean to Submit in Everything?
Part Three: Real Life Areas and Situations For Submitting in Everything
Part Four: How to Begin Submitting in Everything

Are Wives Really to Submit in Everything?

Today, I want to look at a very important exception to everything. I do not believe that everything includes anything contrary to God’s word. In other words everything means everything but sin.

What Does it Mean to Submit in Everything?

In this post, I will present what it means to submit in everything, as I understand it. […]

Real Life Areas and Situations For Submitting in Everything

In this post, I am going to present some situations in which submission could occur under the umbrella of “everything.” I’m doing this because specific examples can help clarify what submitting in everything can entail. It can also help reveal any areas we have not yet submitted to our husbands’ leadership.

How to Begin Submitting in Everything

This post puts forth suggestions for how a Christian wife might begin to submit to her husband in everything. In all the material I have read over the years about Christian marriage, I don’t ever remember reading about that.