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  1. LacieStCloud - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by LacieStCloud Oct 5th, 2012 at 9:24PM

    hell naw
    cuz all men are not heading their households properly

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  2. Kailyn - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by Kailyn Oct 5th, 2012 at 7:04PM

    yes the husband is the head of the household, I think they should obey what their husbands say

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  3. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 6th, 2012 at 1:48AM

    amen.

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  4. Kailyn - 31-35 years old - female

    Reply by Kailyn Oct 6th, 2012 at 1:49AM

    :)

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  5. xsrumination - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by xsrumination Oct 5th, 2012 at 5:58PM

    Hell to the NO!
    It would be best if people quit reading that book.

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  6. Sassysprite - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by Sassysprite Oct 5th, 2012 at 7:31PM

    I have money that says you've never read it and there for can not make a wise statement on the issue

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  7. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 6th, 2012 at 1:50AM

    if more followed it the world would be a better place.

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  8. Callalilly - 56-60 years old - female

    Posted by Callalilly Oct 5th, 2012 at 2:39PM

    My husband and I try to keep our relationship equal.

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  9. JaneGirl7 - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by JaneGirl7 Oct 5th, 2012 at 2:18PM

    The times were different when that was written, but if a woman is intelligent and marries a man she can respect, then this verse would not be a problem. Marry a man simple because he flatters you and happens to be there, you're going to have a lot of issues.

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  10. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 6th, 2012 at 1:52AM

    it just says submit, no if's or but's.

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  11. JaneGirl7 - 18-21 years old - female

    Reply by JaneGirl7 Oct 6th, 2012 at 6:30PM

    True, it does. But read the rest of the Bible and you'll understand that there is more to it than just that.

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  12. Cocolily - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by Cocolily Oct 5th, 2012 at 1:44PM

    I'd rather die .

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  13. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 6th, 2012 at 1:53AM

    it's your loss.

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  14. Cocolily - 18-21 years old - female

    Reply by Cocolily Oct 6th, 2012 at 7:35AM

    Not really , if anything I'd be happier than submitting everything to a man that's supposed to love me . How is that love ? I wonder ...

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  15. 8pops - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by 8pops Oct 5th, 2012 at 12:25PM

    Most men would applaud this behaviour but id never submit to a man, i think there is no need for this.

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  16. sibyll - 51-55 years old - female

    Posted by sibyll Oct 5th, 2012 at 11:52AM

    Look I believe ing od and all that but have to say the submitting thing is a load of crap. I am 55 was in a marriage and22 year relationship and will never submit to anyone-period. Raised my son alone andtook careof my mother when she was dying. The submitting thing is damn rong. If other people want to do it they can-it's not where I want to be.

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  17. misseymoo - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by misseymoo Oct 5th, 2012 at 11:42AM

    It takes a very special kind of relationship to submit totally. I personally like the idea of being with a man I could trust to take care of my every need, but I am too much of a realist to believe I would ever met one! lol!

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  18. DancingFox - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by DancingFox Oct 5th, 2012 at 10:52AM

    As long as said husbands remember the rest of the passage, which says:
    "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her [as in, his life]."

    If I had a husband who loved me enough to give his life for me, I'd have no issue with submitting to him.

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  19. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 5th, 2012 at 10:47AM

    amen

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  20. NickyRachel - 26-30 years old

    Posted by NickyRachel Oct 5th, 2012 at 8:44AM

    Probably not submitting, but respecting yes.
    If I were married, I'd respect the decision my hubby make despite me disagreeing coz I believe there cannot be two leader in a team! Too confusing ;)
    Of course, being girls, we know that guys always screw up when they don't listen! You just got to have plan b ready ;)

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  21. Ksn95 - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by Ksn95 Oct 5th, 2012 at 8:24AM

    No.

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  22. beenbad - 36-40 years old

    Posted by beenbad Oct 5th, 2012 at 8:10AM

    Thats Ephesians 5:22 and that doesnt mean that women are suppose to let their Husbands walk all over them. Both husband and wife are suppose to submit. The wife submit means to willingly follow the Husbands leadership in Christ and for the Husband it means to set aside his own interests and desires to care for his Wife.

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  23. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 5th, 2012 at 8:14AM

    no wives should not be a door mat and a loving husband would not treat them that way. It says wives submit to your husband it is not mutual, husbands submit to God.

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  24. beenbad - 36-40 years old

    Reply by beenbad Oct 5th, 2012 at 8:18AM

    Read the chapter not just that one verse.

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  25. calandralamb - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by calandralamb Oct 5th, 2012 at 7:37AM

    Yes I would be best because it would keep some many homes together. And give a lot of good men a chance to run their homes and be the man they could be. God didn't make the woman the head of the house

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  26. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 5th, 2012 at 7:48AM

    amen.

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  27. Trueluv22 - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by Trueluv22 Oct 5th, 2012 at 6:39AM

    Yes but only if the husband follow the guidelines for headship in the bible then it would in turb make it "easy" for her to submit.

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  28. LLIL - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by LLIL Oct 5th, 2012 at 5:36AM

    You dont have to be religous to obey you husband, it is the first rule of marriage, i been submitting in all thing to my H from the day we were married and i wouldnt have it any other way, he likes me like this and supplies me with every single thing i need from clothing to wear to a home to live in.

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  29. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 5th, 2012 at 5:37AM

    amen good for you.

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  30. HedoJoe - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by HedoJoe Oct 5th, 2012 at 4:47AM

    in a word,,,,, Y E S

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  31. hughjasspecker - 31-35 years old - male

    Posted by hughjasspecker Oct 5th, 2012 at 1:54AM

    Oh man my life would rock;) j/k all said and done i would rather she have a personality i married to have a woman walk beside me not in front of or behind me

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  32. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 5th, 2012 at 1:59AM

    I agree entirely, I walk hand in hand with my wife where ever we go, I don't believe the bible says a woman must be a door mat, it is actually quite the opposite but she can help keep the marriage balanced an happy.

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  33. LovetheLion - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by LovetheLion Oct 5th, 2012 at 12:56AM

    I think "in all things" includes only things within reason. Actions and decisions made in love and righteousness. If a husband is not a "godly" head covering then he is not worth submitting to.

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  34. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 5th, 2012 at 1:29AM

    that is not what the word says though.

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  35. LovetheLion - 26-30 years old - female

    Reply by LovetheLion Oct 5th, 2012 at 1:40AM

    Do you really think a woman should submit to bad advice that leads her away from righteousness? In your words, man is the head yet he is imperfect. If he strays from the word, who is his covering then? Should the wife continue to submit thought the husband is not loving your wife "as christ loves the church"?

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  36. hillbillycrone - 51-55 years old - female

    Posted by hillbillycrone Oct 4th, 2012 at 9:06AM

    This is one of the most abused passages. I think that most women would indeed submit to their husbands IF the husbands loved the wives "as Jesus loved the church" but, in reality, life just isn't like that. The fact that a man sports an apendage doesn't make him have integrity or warrant respect and submission, that is earned by blood, sweat, and tears. In a healthy marriage no husband LORDS over his wife, she is an individual with her own mind and will.

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  37. completelyinlove - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by completelyinlove Oct 4th, 2012 at 9:09AM

    It says women submit to your husband, it does not say "if" he is good, perfect, loving.

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  38. hillbillycrone - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by hillbillycrone Oct 4th, 2012 at 9:47AM

    I am an adult female human being. I have a husband, he isn't my father, my father is departed now from this earth. I don't need my husband to play the role that nature cast for my father. Having sex with a man that treats me like an owned cow does less than nothing for me.

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