Ephesians 5:28
28 So [houto] ought [opheilo] men [aner] to love [agapao] their [heautou] wives [gune] as [hos] their own [heautou] bodies. [soma] He that
loveth [agapao] his [heautou] wife [gune] loveth [agapao] himself. [heautou]KJV-Interlinear
28 So
husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves
his own wife loves himself; NASB
The principle of relationships
here takes on yet another view.
As the wife has complete responsibility
toward her husband, yet the husband has an even greater responsibility toward
his wife in that where both, when married, became as one person, so then the
husband being the head of the marriage, must treat his wife just as he treats
himself.
This in effect places the
wife in the forefront of the marriage. She is the treasure. She is the object of his love. She is the possessor of the gifts of the
marital relationship.
And therefore, the
husband being the one desiring those gifts for himself, must now consider his
wife first and as an equal in so far as he desires to treat himself.
For this reason the
marriage relationship is being used to illustrate the love and desires that a
man has for himself, and so as the husband, and having a oneness relationship
with his wife, then as one person, so too, he must treat his wife with
phenomenal courtesy and kindness.
The husband that places
himself above and beyond his wife, is in effect committing sin. Likewise the wife, when she places herself
above her husband, in withholding that which is due to him, commits sin.
As far as the function of
the family is concerned there is a clear hierarchy of authority. A far as the fulfillment of the functions of
the family are concerned, the husband must and is mandated to treat his wife no
differently than he would himself. Thus
his authority is superseded by responsibility and prevents selfish abuse of his
authority.
This in no way makes the
wife any less responsible in her role, nor can she be abusive in her position
toward her husband.
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