COLLISION (Ephesians) WEEK 10

Ephesians 5:22-33 – Ephesians 6:1-9

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT Within Relationships

God’s Creation Order

God → Husband → Wife → Children

1. The Spirit-filled wife is marked by to her husband. (5:22-24)

22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. 24 Now, as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

2. The Spirit-filled husband is marked by his wife. (5:25-28)

25 Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word. 27 He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 

Philippians 2:5-8 KJV 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

3. The (5:29-33)

29 For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,30 since we are members of his body. 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

Ephesians 5:2 CSB – 2 and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

4. The Spirit-Filled Life in (6:1-4)

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, 3 so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land. 4 Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:8 CSB 8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

5.The Spirit-filled life of the / (6:5-9)

5 Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether [he is] a slave or free. 9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

1 Corinthians 10:31 CSB 31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

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Community Life Group Questions

1. (Ephesians 5:21-22) What does Paul mean when he says wives should submit to their husbands “as to the Lord” (v. 22)? How does this align with the broader theme of mutual submission? (Colossians 1:18)

2. (Ephesians 5:23) Paul compares the husband’s role as head of the wife to Christ’s headship over the church. What are the implications of this analogy for how husbands should lead in marriage? (1 Corinthians 11:3)

3. (Ephesians 5:25)Husbands are commanded to love their wives as Christ loved the church, even giving Himself up for her. What does this sacrificial love look like in practical terms, and how does it differ from worldly views of leadership in marriage? (Philippians 2:5-8)

4. (Ephesians 5:33)What does it mean for a wife to “respect” her husband (v. 33), and how is this different from the love that husbands are called to show their wives? How do mutual respect and love function in a healthy marriage? (1 Peter 3:1-2)

5. (Ephesians 6:1) Why does Paul emphasize the importance of children obeying their parents “in the Lord” (v. 1)? How does this relationship reflect the broader obedience of believers to God? (Colossians 3:20)

6. (Ephesians 6:5-6) How do these instructions about family and workplace relationships reflect the more significant theme of living out the gospel in everyday life, as seen throughout Ephesians? (Philippians 2:14-16)

How can we pray for you?