Christ's Law

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● Eph 5:23-24 . . For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of
the church, his body, of which he is the savior. Now as the church submits to
Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Christians, no less, have tried to circumvent those instructions by quoting Paul to
refute Paul; for example Gal 3:26-28

But if we were to make Gal 3:26-28 a rule in family affairs; then Christian
marriages would be non binary unisex arrangements; and that, to say the least, is
quite unacceptable.

Though both husband and wife are equals as believers, and equally Christ's body,
they are definitely not equals in marriage though they be one flesh; just as Christ
and his Father are not equals in the Godhead though they be one deity. (1Cor 11:3)
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● Eph 5:25-27 . . Husbands love your wives, etc.

The English word translated "love" in that passage is conjugated from the Greek
verb agapao which is a very easy kind of love to practice because it's more about
benevolence than affection: agapao-- unlike phileo --doesn't require that we like
people or be fond of them.

Examples of agapao are: kindness, courtesy, greetings, civility, loyalty,
thoughtfulness, sympathy, loyalty, lenience, tolerance, patience, charity, long
suffering, deference, hospitality, generosity, etc.

This is very fortunate because some wives are impossible to like. However, the
command to love one's enemies also applies in a man's relationship with a difficult
woman who's just as much his enemy as any other.
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