SUBMISSION...earn it? force it? give it?

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So if we can't say nothing what do you want? I don't get the thread. Wait, wait, wait, wait, I get it. We are suppose to submit to you...or something? Smile. I jest!
 

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The word used here ὐποτασσόμενοι means putting yourself under authority.

IMO, this does not allow any room for subjugation or abuse.
Lets expound. We are to submit unto each other so much as the Spirit of Christ dwells in each of us. We do not submit to man nor to flesh. We submit to Jesus. If Jesus is in you of a surety, then when His ministry is operating in you at a given point, I submit to that ministry that is of the Holy Spirit. However, we'd better make sure we are discerning His Spirit and not another, lest we follow Jim Jones to a coolade fest!