The Unity of Submission

Submission takes place in marriage on both the husband’s and the wife’s part. When the husband was given the directive to love his wife as Christ loved the church, this was communicating a role of servant hood – a sacrificial love. The word “submit” in Greek means to “be under,” just as the husband and wife are under Christ.

Submission is a voluntary yielding to one’s admonition or advice. In this way, marriage calls for both partners to submit to one another, putting the other first, and it includes a constant adapting to each other’s likes, interests, temperaments and personality.