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What Many Women Misunderstand About Biblical Submission in Marriage

By Isa Ryan December 5, 2023 at 2:09pm

As long as I have been a Christian, I have been very adamant about the importance of a wife submitting to her husband.

Why? Because I’ve read the New Testament and it says so, quite plainly, in Colossians 3, Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter 3.

I include these whole chapters because even more convincing is the overall context of why a wife is called to submit to her husband. It is a beautiful reflection of Israel’s restoration to her heavenly bridegroom, our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Isa Ryan

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Isa is a homemaker, homeschooler, and writer who lives in the Ozarks with her husband and two children. After being raised with a progressive atheist worldview, she came to the Lord as a young woman and now has a heart to restore the classical Christian view of femininity.