Last night in our small group meeting, we talked about one of the toughest verses in the Bible, Colossians 3:18, where Paul instructs wives to submit to their husbands. This verse has been used by men to take advantage of their wives, and it has been used by women as a reason to preclude Jesus and the Bible altogether, feeling that they should be treated as equals. Our group members had spirited discussion about how this is working in their marriage, but I think our best conclusion was that verse 18 can't be fully considered without verse 19, where husbands are instructed to love their wives. The Greek word used for love in this verse is agape, and agape is the self-sacrificing love that represents the love God has for man and man has for God. If us guys did a perfect job of displaying that type of love for our wives, I think they would gladly submit. Until then, each of us should take on an attitude of expecting nothing, and giving everything. That's what Jesus did for us.
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