> If this is all you know of "Christian marriage philosophy", please take the time to inform yourself. I'd suggest you find someone who claims to follow the Bible in their marriage and ask them how this passage specifically plays out in their married life. (Hint: If the passage is truly being followed, what you will find is anything but a bully of a man and a brow-beaten woman)
I'll admit that passage is often what I think of when I think of Christian marriage philosophy from the Bible – and am willing to correct that notion. What, in your mind, should be the outcome of someone who claims to follow the Bible in their marriage w.r.t. this passage? Your hint didn't really lay out an answer; only a non-answer.
I interpret the church to mean members of Christianity. In that lens, it doesn't seem like the relationship between a woman submitting to her husband ought to be like how a Christian submits to Christ. Does it?
I quoted that passage out of context intentionally, because I think it represents what most people think of Paul's marriage views, accurately or not. The whole chapter provides a great deal more context to Paul's thoughts on the subject:
> What, in your mind, should be the outcome of someone who claims to follow the Bible in their marriage w.r.t. this passage?
I know about 300-500 Christian families from my town. When the vast majority of them read that section of Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus (Paul mainly wrote letters, and they weren't divided up into chapters/verses for reference until much later) the key takeaway for them is "I, as a Christian, am commanded to give up my rights for the sake of my spouse and our marriage."
In doing this, I think most people assume that Christians simply pretend they don't want what they really want, and pretend they do want what they really don't want. That's not it at all, and that's merely a recipe for a hollow, hypocritical relationship.
There are certainly differences amongst Christians, and I don't intend to paper over them. I'm just saying, if you have a Christian friend, ask them what these kinds of passages mean to them, rather than assume they are brow-beating their spouse based on two sentences taken out of the context of an entire letter Paul wrote.
I'll admit that passage is often what I think of when I think of Christian marriage philosophy from the Bible – and am willing to correct that notion. What, in your mind, should be the outcome of someone who claims to follow the Bible in their marriage w.r.t. this passage? Your hint didn't really lay out an answer; only a non-answer.
I interpret the church to mean members of Christianity. In that lens, it doesn't seem like the relationship between a woman submitting to her husband ought to be like how a Christian submits to Christ. Does it?