Linked Together: Ephesians 5:21

Phil Johnson
“Ephesians 5:21 poses a conundrum: Paul commends Spirit-filled Christians for ‘submitting to one another.’ Isolate the verse from its context, and it almost sounds as if the Apostle teaches a kind of mutual, universal submission, without regard to any structured leadership, hierarchy, or chain of command—as if he means to declare all authority void.” Read more of Love by Submission at Ligonier Ministries.

Piper and Grudem
“Egalitarians have taken [Ephesians 5:21] to mean that husbands and wives must submit one to another in a way that denies gender distinctions. Yet, is that what Paul meant to say?” Read more of Ephesians 5:21 and ‘Mutual Submission’ at The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.