SUBMIT TO ONE ANOTHER

Ephesians 5:21-6:9

Key Verse: 5:21

 

 

  1. Read verses 21-33. What does he mean by “submit to one another”? How can we? How can women establish and keep spiritual order? Why should they? (22-24)

 

  1. Why is it essential that a woman respect her husband? (33) How can she do so when she sees all his faults and weaknesses so clearly?

 

  1. How does Paul admonish husbands?(25) What is the standard for love? How did Christ demonstrate his love for his church? What can we learn from him about how to love?

 

  1. Read verses 1-4. How are these verses related to 5:22-33? What is children’s obligation to parents? What is parent’s obligation to children? What does it mean to obey parents in the Lord? To honor one’s parents? To exasperate children?

 

  1. Read verses 5-9. What instructions does Paul give slaves and masters? How do his instructions to slaves make them free before God? How can these principles and instructions be relevant to our present world?