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Submission: Hupotasso “to be subject or subordinate, to literally place under”

Submission: Hupotasso “to be subject or subordinate, to literally place under”. Submission does not mean: You are worth less . “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.” Proverbs 31:10. Submission does not mean: You are worth less You are inferior

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Submission: Hupotasso “to be subject or subordinate, to literally place under”

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  1. Submission: Hupotasso “to be subject or subordinate, to literally place under”

  2. Submission does not mean: • You are worth less “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.” Proverbs 31:10

  3. Submission does not mean: • You are worth less • You are inferior • Your husband is the absolute authority

  4. Submission: Hupotasso “to be subject or subordinate, to literally place under” “This word was a Greek military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion under the command of a leader". In non-military use, it was "a voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden.” Blueletterbible.org

  5. Submission: • Is a choice to yield to and follow your husbands leadership • Is a beautiful and powerful thing

  6. “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.”Proverbs 14:1 “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.”Proverbs 12:4 • How does a wife tear • down her house? • Fighting him for leadership of the family • Giving him leadership in word but not in practice • Speaking evil of him

  7. A Biblical Wife Impacts Her Husband… • Not with outward beauty • With respectful and pure conduct • With a gentle and quiet spirit

  8. Inner Beauty is • Permanent • Proven “As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.” Proverbs 11:22 “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain. But the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30

  9. Wrapping Up… • Husbands love your wives • Wives Respect your husbands • Marriage first

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