Submission

Ephesians 5:21-22

hupotasso, the word used for wives to husbands, is the word that talks
about two people who are absolutely equal in God’s eyes, totally equal.
There is not one level of inferiority of one to the other. But the wife makes a
choice to place herself as an equal underneath another equal, her husband,
in order that there can be order and function in the family. The whole
purpose of it is so that it meets the design that God has already ordered...
Does it mean that your wife is a slave to obey your every command? Does it
mean that you treat her like a child? NO! If there is a man who thinks for one
second that they have any superiority in God’s eyes over their wife, they are
gravely mistaken from God’s Word. However, by His design to have a
functional family, concessions have to be made. So God says, "Wives, you
make it and you choose to put yourself underneath the headship of your
husband" in order that the design can be what God says it ought to be. The
meaning of it has nothing to do with inferior to superior. It takes nothing from
the dignity of a woman for her to submit, but rather it enhances it. It takes
great integrity for a person to do what God says should be done. (excerpt
from "Spirit-Filled Families")