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‘피차 복종하라’는 원리를 부부관계에 적용합니다. 아내는 남편을 자신의 머리로 삼아 복종하고, 남편은 그리스도의 사랑을 본받아 아내를 사랑하라고 권면합니다.

[ 에베소서 5:22 - 5:33 ] (찬송559장)

아내들은 남편에게 복종하라 

22아내들이여 자기 남편에게 복종하기를 주께 하듯 하라 23이는 남편이 아내의 머리 됨이 그리스도께서 교회의 머리 됨과 같음이니 그가 바로 몸의 구주시니라 24그러므로 교회가 그리스도에게 하듯 아내들도 범사에 자기 남편에게 복종할지니라

 남편들은 아내들을 사랑하라 

 25남편들아 아내 사랑하기를 그리스도께서 교회를 사랑하시고 그 교회를 위하여 자신을 주심 같이 하라 26이는 곧 물로 씻어 말씀으로 깨끗하게 하사 거룩하게 하시고 27자기 앞에 영광스러운 교회로 세우사 티나 주름 잡힌 것이나 이런 것들이 없이 거룩하고 흠이 없게 하려 하심이라 28이와 같이 남편들도 자기 아내 사랑하기를 자기 자신과 같이 할지니 자기 아내를 사랑하는 자는 자기를 사랑하는 것이라 29누구든지 언제나 자기 육체를 미워하지 않고 오직 양육하여 보호하기를 그리스도께서 교회에게 함과 같이 하나니 30우리는 그 몸의 지체임이라 31그러므로 사람이 부모를 떠나 그의 아내와 합하여 그 둘이 한 육체가 될지니 32이 비밀이 크도다 나는 그리스도와 교회에 대하여 말하노라

 결론 33그러나 너희도 각각 자기의 아내 사랑하기를 자신 같이 하고 아내도 자기 남편을 존경하라

[ Ephesians 5:22 - 5:33 ]

22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,30 because we are members of his body.31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. 

Who is God like?

Thinking & Understanding

The model for husbands and wives ‘respecting one another’ is the relationship between Christ and the church. Wives must obey their husbands as the church obeys Christ and husbands must love their wives as Christ loves the church. Just as Christ is the head of the church, the husband is the head of the wife and just as the church is Christ’s body, the wife is the husband’s body. Just as the body obeys the commands of the head and the head cares for and beautifully adorns the body, husbands and wives must serve one another as one body. Paul confesses that the unity of the church and Christ, the unity of husband and wife, is God’s greatest mystery (vv. 22-33). 

What lesson is God teaching me?

Vv. 22-33 A life of revering Christ (v. 21) mustn’t just be revealed in the church but also outside the church, and not just in places of worship but in our daily lives. The Lord allowed people to become joined as husbands and wives to teach us the beauty of a true union (Gen. 2:24). When husbands and wives imitate the loving union of the Trinity by respecting and loving one another, God accepts their union as an offering of worship. Mutual respect for one another will lead to greater solidarity and trust between husband and wife and create a strong foundation on which to build a family.  

Vv. 25-27 The aim of a husband’s love is to make his wife beautifully pure and free of blemish. Selfish love exploits the person on the receiving end of that love for the sake of greed, but true love sacrifices itself for the other person. What kind of love are you pursuing and what kind of family are you hoping to create?

Prayer

Lord, help me and my family to become united in love through mutual respect and submission.