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Does Ephesians 5:21 Teach Mutual Submission of Husbands and Wives?

September 30, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Complementarianism, egalitarianism, Eph 5:21, Marriage

…submitting to one another in the fear of God (Eph 5:21). Several years ago, I heard a sermon on Eph 5:22–33. The speaker was a friend who had been a contemporary at Dallas Seminary back in the day. I was somewhat surprised when he started his sermon, not at the beginning of the passage, but

Does Genesis 3:16 Teach That Husbands Are to Rule Over Their Wives?

September 9, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Adam and Eve, Complementarianism, egalitarianism, Genesis 3:16

To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” Barbara Johnson did an outstanding job of editing my commentary on Genesis for The Grace Old Testament Commentary. Volume 1, covering

Are Wives to Submit to Their Husbands (Eph 5:22)? Evaluating Tradition in Light of Scripture

October 15, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - egalitarianism, Ephesians 5:22, Ephesians 5:23, Wives submitting to husbands

A high percentage of churches today say that wives are not to submit to their husbands. I remember hearing a DTS graduate preach on Eph 5:22-33. He said that in Eph 5:21 the words “submitting to one another in the fear of God” meant that there should be what he called mutual submission in marriage.