What my husband doesn't get is that while I am a strong woman on my own, I want to submit to him, us complementing each other is something I crave in our marriage.

I have never seen submission as a way of behaving toward another person but instead the willingness to get under the mission of another person and support them in accomplishing their goal. Without thinking twice about it women get under and support the mission of their children. It seems like good mothering when we are inherently in a superior position but we choose instead to support the goals of our children. We may even wrestle with ourselves not to take control and do it (whatever “it” might be) for our kids. Jesus said he did not come to do his own will he said he came to do the will of the Father... his life mission was to support and facilitate the Father mission and he did that in a passionate and powerful way. I think God intends for us to bring the same willingness to support and not take control into marriage relationships. Where it gets out of balance for men and women is where there is no reciprocity when a woman may feel like she is submitting to a man that is not loving her like Christ loved the church.

True Godly humility/ meekness is strength...both males who serve and lead must be humbled, and women who submit and support and strengthen their leaders requires humility.

These 3 people are very smart! Charming and beautiful! It's a joy to listen to them.

“We can’t bless each other unless we’re different”

I know this is 5 years old, but listening to Evangelicals expatiating on submission and beauty and servanthood and culture and glory just never gets old. You go, guys!

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We are not better than Christ!! He submitted to the Father.

Being that believers in Christ are the church, and that whether believers come together in a building, called the church, and whether or not a person is in the building or not, they still have a Shepherd, and He is always Christ. “For where two or three are gathered together there I am in the midst. So, whether the sShepherd is approached, if Christ is not seen, within man then the shepherdman is not the one to approach, but Christ is always, and always first, irregardless where a congregant meets. Paul talks about being together with others in Spirit. We are one body, and are spirit (2 Corinthians 5.16), and are never separate.

This is gold

Everything good comes out in an uglier form when Satan's world corrupts it; within Christ Jesus all good is perfectly good.

Interesting conversation. I have yet to hear the actual explanation of the word submission.

We are called to complimentarnism one to another summiting ourselves one to another. Men to men women to women with in the church at work

Question. What is a woman or man to do that goes to the leadership when there is abuse happening. And the abuser refuses to get help or change- and significant harmful abuse continues and church does not help the abused? I am asking because I have seen this and it was very harmful- so what should one do in that situation? What is the Godly biblical way to walk this out?

From living in an abusive house this is absolutely a binding scripture that is used as a weapon. May God have mercy on the souls that use scripture as weapons. Submission is 100% appropriate in healthy people, unfortunately there is so so many unhealthy people. Women will follow strong healthy kind leaders willingly. When husbands grievously sin against their wives and children, legal authorities need to be involved and called BY the pastors and elders, she will not call. These men as shepards never Guard the flock when they allow wolves to sleep with the sheep.

I feel like complementarian theology is only done right when it is egalitarian. The bible and Jesus teachings in particular are very clear that we are all to submit to each other out of reference to God.

I think of being complementary as jumping in the line, and connecting. Because, in order be submissive you have to come into an agreement with, you have to accept Bondedge/Connection. Jesus says it best in John 15.

Hey Gospel Coalition! It would be cool if you guys did a video interviewing complementarian women who come from patriarchal, male-dominating/domineering backgrounds. There is a lot of complexity to that. It isn't just what culture is saying, it's what people are experiencing within the church.

Leverage Over Power

Try this biblical data: In Eph