Eph 5:21 What does "submitting yourselves one to another" mean?
Eph 5:21 What does "submitting yourselves one to another" mean?
This is yet another way in which the spirit-filled life should express itself.
Christians are to give way to each other - not assert themselves - out of reverence for Christ (CP Ro 12:3, 10; Ga 5:13, 26; Php 2:1-8; Jas 3:13-14; 1Pe 5:5-6).
No believer is inherently superior to another.
We are all equal before God although we have varying functions and responsibilities. However, if we accept certain functions under a fellow-human, we must subject ourselves to that individual to accomplish a common goal.
(See also comments on Jn 13:34-35; Ro 12:3, 13:8, 13:17; Ga 5:13; Php 2:5-8 and 1Pe 5:5-6 and author's studies How Christians are to Love One Another in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith and Jesus not Peter the Rock upon which the Church is built in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2)).