Ephesians Bible Study Part 7: The Biblical Roles of Husband and Wife

by Dale Partridge

Imagine attempting to play a game of chess without any roles or rules. Unfortunately, that’s how most people approach marriage. However, like chess, having clarified roles and rules does not make the game more difficult, it makes the game possible and even enjoyable.

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The same is true in marriage. God has provided clear roles and rules for husbands and wives that make a path for marital success and joy. In this episode, pastor Dale Partridge looks to Ephesians 5:22-27 to unpack and extract the biblical roles of a husband and wife.

Takeaway Lesson: Biblical roles create a path for harmony.

Individual and Small Group Questions

In what ways can division, even in small things, between the church and Christ cause catostrophic effects? Next, apply the same question to marriage between a husband and a wife.
What is the biblical role of a wife in marriage and who is she to reflect as it pertains the greater Gospel imagery seen in earthly marriage? Furthermore, why is this so difficult for wives?
What is the biblical role of a Husband in marriage and who is he to reflect as it pertains the greater Gospel imagery seen in earthly marriage? Furthermore, why is this so difficult for husbands?

Scripture References

Ephesians 5:22-27

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 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. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 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.

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