Isn't it that the commandments of God is for everybody?

[Godsgood]

EPHESIANS 5:22-23

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

 

[Hakawaka]

Yes and no. Commandments of God are for everybody.

But not every single commandment of God applies to YOU specifically, necessarily. For example, the commandments given to wives dont apply to husbands and vice versa. Children are given different commandments as well, to obey and respect their parents.
In the old covenant some laws were given only to the levites, not for the rest of Israel. There are also certain commandments given to rich people which if you aren't wealthy would not apply to you.

There are some commandments in the Bible that are situational, for example Noah is told to build an Ark, but that does not apply to us obviously since there will never be another flood like that, as God promised.

 

[2ndTimeIsTheCharm]

Yeah, I think so.... This is the number one reason why I'm not married, lol!

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[Everlasting-Grace]

Do you understand this verse. This verse is not making the husband a dictator

 

[Bruce_Leiter]

EPHESIANS 5:22-23

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

That commandment is for everyone, but what about the following verse calling husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church and verse 20, where we're all called to submit to each other? As much as husbands serve the needs of their wives, God raises them up to provide direction for the family in all the big decisions. That biblical teaching is Paul's answer to unbiblical male domination and present-day individualism that often tears marriages apart.

 

[Dino246]

EPHESIANS 5:22-23

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

If you are going to treat this passage as a "command", at least start where the passage starts:

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

 

[p_rehbein]

One must also consider what is said in the 10th Chapter of Mark:

6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

 

[Godsgood]

EPHESIANS 5:22-23

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

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If we rely on letters then we will use our own intellect to understand the commandment.

But God, gave us a warning not to use our own understanding when it comes to God and The Words of God otherwise we don't trust God.
PROVERBS 3:5
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

If this is what God's want then we will ask him Who are the Wives and Who are the husbands?

How God answer the question? Yes he will. Through his words (John 1:1 The Word was God) by Divine Revelation.
JOHN 1:1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Since Ephesians 5:22-23 is in New Testament in the time of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Then the question will be addressed to our Lord Jesus Christ also.

How Jesus answer the question.
Through Jesus words by Divine Revelation.
Because Jesus is the word of God which is written in the book.
REVELATION 19:13
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The WORD OF GOD.

And no other book where we can find the word of Jesus but in the Holy Bible alone.
HEBREWS 10:7
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

 

[Dino246]

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If we rely on letters then we will use our own intellect to understand the commandment.

But God, gave us a warning not to use our own understanding when it comes to God and The Words of God otherwise we don't trust God.
PROVERBS 3:5
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

If this is what God's want then we will ask him Who are the Wives and Who are the husbands?

How God answer the question? Yes he will. Through his words (John 1:1 The Word was God) by Divine Revelation.
JOHN 1:1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Since Ephesians 5:22-23 is in New Testament in the time of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Then the question will be addressed to our Lord Jesus Christ also.

How Jesus answer the question.
Through Jesus words by Divine Revelation.
Because Jesus is the word of God which is written in the book.
REVELATION 19:13
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The WORD OF GOD.

And no other book where we can find the word of Jesus but in the Holy Bible alone.
HEBREWS 10:7
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

And the angel on his right whispereth unto him, "Thou wouldst be wise to speak plainly," but the deceiver on his left sayeth loudly unto him, "Thou shalt make thy reason and diction most convoluted, that thy readers may thinkest thou wise and learned." And desiring to appear wise and learned, he hearkened unto the latter and spake thusly.