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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Serving one another and putting one another's needs before one's own. Egalitarian Christians understand this as a reciprocal responsibility of husbands and wives.
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Specification 2.7 · Paper 3
Revise: Equality of Men and Women in the FamilyChristians therefore disagree about whether these passages require different family roles despite the equal dignity taught in Genesis 1. Those who favour shared authority emphasise that both sexes are created in God's image, alongside the call to mutual submission in Ephesians.
Specification 2.7 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Use the whole of Ephesians 5:21–30, not just the instruction to wives. Explain mutual submission and the husband's duty of sacrificial love.
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The practice of both partners putting the other's needs before their own through love, service and cooperation.
Christians who support mutual submission emphasise the opening instruction. Both partners should serve, respect and sacrifice for each other. They argue that the husband's duty of love should be understood alongside the wife's submission, rather than treating one partner as permanently in charge.
