What is wifely Submission???

umm..yes. Wives should submit to their husbands but not to the point of being a doormat or a slave. God is always the highest authority.

Well, submit to the husband if the husband is right!! but if he is dominating and the wife is like a slave? I think, that is not good to submit to that kind of husband. If husband is like God who love the church, it is very good to submit to him. Wife also should not dominate the husband. Why are some husbands are so scared to reason out to their wives? why they let her dominate him? that's also wrong. What I mean is, husband should be a good leader in the home. Responsible and knows how to make wise decision. Maybe some husbands are wimp? they area afraid to make decision and the wife is so decisive? well, that's the reason why some wives do not submit to the husband because some men are wimp.. hahahah

No one should be forced or expected to submit to anyone. And female subjugation is only one of the many things that makes me think Christianity is just a load of BS.

interesting discussion this one, i must admit, i have been married for 41 years now. to begin with, i held my husband in great respect. in fact i was quite frightened of him at times. but now, no definitely not. not frightened of him. i respect him (sometimes) in fact we are more equal now than ever before. i think god , if he exists, would not expect any one to be 'submissive' or be a second class citizen. however, we are all free to do what we believe in. and if there are ladies out there who wish to be submissive to their partners , so be it. that is their choice.

My wife is a lot of things, but she sure ain't submissive. And I wouldn't want her to be. Not in the way you are interpreting the quote at least. How boring it would be to be married to a willing doormat. And how easily I could turn into an autocratic boor of a husband if my wife were submissive. I don't call it rebellion, I call exercise of free will. And God gave that to both sexes not one. That's an old testament quote anyway, and Jesus threw a lot of that out when He came. Take Mary Magdalene. The Catholic Church may have turned her into a bad girl, but Jesus loved her and set her up equal to His other disciples. A fact which men down through the ages have denied because it threatens their ability to keep women submissive. Shameful. I'm so sick of people quoting the old testament and ignoring the new.

i dont believe that non-submission to your husband is a rebellion. wifely submission is needed for marriage to work, TRUE..but it depends on the situation and if such submission will help make the marriage work and grow, then go ahead.i dont necessarily mean being submissive all the way. married couples often forget that they are still two different individuals with different needs and minds. one has to be distinctively unique from the other. if there's such thing as the wife being submissive to the husband, the husband needs to be submissive too. marriage is a two-way relationship, nothing can work if its only the wife who gives in all the time. give and take is a necessity. controlling and manipulating is beyond submission and is another issue. married life needs more understanding and acceptance and submission in little things is not the main ingredient in making the marriage work..

treat your wife as a partner and as a friend. u ll enjoy life. and remember "a lasting association has to be on equality". dont think that they have to be nice. we also have to be. and we normally think that manly way is to treat women as an object. it is so bad. happy life ahead

I came grew up a devout Christian but I don't agree that wives should 'Submit' and men only 'love', I don't even get that. It screams double standards and I believe in my fathers eyes I am only equal and gender is not the ruling point because our fullest relationship with God is about the Spirit.

I believe it is quite easier for a person to submit when he decides to submit fully to the divine will.Our beloved Prophet Muhammad(pbuh)had clearly advised Muslim women to obey their husbands as they are actually their "Hell and Heaven".It means when some husband is happy with his wife,she will go to Heaven or vice verse.Our holy Prophet(pbuh)was shown the Hell,when he was taken to the heavens.He observed that women were in majority in Hell and poor people were in majority in paradise.He told his followers that the main sin responsible to take them in Hell is: "Cursing and being unthankful to their husbands." (Ahmad 173/2) I think this is two-way relationship.Both are responsible for a peaceful married life.

Submission is an attitude of the heart done willingly, as opposed to surrender which is yielding by being forced to do so. I think that sometimes it is in our definition of submission. As has been mentiond ,the wife , is supposed to submit to the husband, willingly, not by force. And to, the husband, is to submit to Christ again willingly. Submission has nothing to do with command and demand.. It is a matter of the heart. I made that as clear as mud I think! LOL