Homework Assignment 16
The Ideal Wife
Ephesians 5:21 introduces the best known passage in Scripture on the role of the husband and wife in marriage. You are to be subject to your husband through the proper exercise of your God-given role. Always keep this basic relational principle before you as you proceed through this study.
The primary role of a wife mentioned in Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter 3 is that she is to be submissive to her husband.
SUBMISSION: Submission is a voluntary, positive and respectful response to the God-given authority of the husband.
1. Circle the appropriate answer(s) to the following statement:
A woman should submit to her husband's authority because . . .
a. Women are generally incompetent in the area of decision making.
b. Someone must have the final say, and God has given this responsibility to the husband.
c. Husbands are normally more deserving of the role of authority.
d. The husband is stronger physically and intellectually.
e. This is what God asked her to do.
f. The husband says he is the boss, and that's the way it is.
g. Her opinions and feelings are relatively unimportant.
2. Ephesians 5:24 commands submission "in everything." Daniel 3:1-30 cites an exception to this principle, and Daniel 1:1-21 is an example of a creative response to a conflict in the authority pattern. Briefly write your advice regarding the following situations:
a. My husband asked me to lie on our income tax.
b. My husband is not a Christian and he has told me not to attend church.
c. My husband has told me not to wear my favorite red dress anymore.
The Ideal Wife
Ephesians 5:21 introduces the best known passage in Scripture on the role of the husband and wife in marriage. You are to be subject to your husband through the proper exercise of your God-given role. Always keep this basic relational principle before you as you proceed through this study.
The primary role of a wife mentioned in Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter 3 is that she is to be submissive to her husband.
SUBMISSION: Submission is a voluntary, positive and respectful response to the God-given authority of the husband.
1. Circle the appropriate answer(s) to the following statement:
A woman should submit to her husband's authority because . . .
a. Women are generally incompetent in the area of decision making.
b. Someone must have the final say, and God has given this responsibility to the husband.
c. Husbands are normally more deserving of the role of authority.
d. The husband is stronger physically and intellectually.
e. This is what God asked her to do.
f. The husband says he is the boss, and that's the way it is.
g. Her opinions and feelings are relatively unimportant.
2. Ephesians 5:24 commands submission "in everything." Daniel 3:1-30 cites an exception to this principle, and Daniel 1:1-21 is an example of a creative response to a conflict in the authority pattern. Briefly write your advice regarding the following situations:
a. My husband asked me to lie on our income tax.
b. My husband is not a Christian and he has told me not to attend church.
c. My husband has told me not to wear my favorite red dress anymore.
