“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord — the household code begins. 'Submit' (hypotassō) is voluntary positioning, not coercion. 'As is fitting in the Lord' (ōs anēken en kyriō) Christologically grounds submission: it fits the Lord's order. This is cultural accommodation (household codes were Greco-Roman convention) applied to Christian households. Submission is not unique but contextualized in Christ.
Church Fathers on Colossians 3:18
“Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.” That is, be subject for God's sake, because this adorns you, he says, not them. For I mean not that subjection which is due to a master, nor yet that alone which is of nature, but that for God's sake.
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