Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing
with water through the word, and to present her to
himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but
holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to
love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and
care for their body, just as Christ does the church—for we are members of his
body. Ephesians 5:25-30
The husband must submit to the Lord
and be the head of his household. That
calls for responsibility on the man’s part.
And look what comes with the position—he must love his wife, build her
up, present her to God better than how he received her, sacrifice for her and,
if needed, die for her.
The husband is submitting to the
Lord which is a difficult and a very high responsibility. He can’t submit to his wife for direction
when his eyes are on God first.
A husband involves his wife in
decision making, valuing her input, loving her companionship, but ultimately he
is held responsible for how the marriage goes.