We learn from this teaching in Ephesians 5 that the Bible has a lot to say about wives and their role within the marriage relationship—including willingly submitting to their husbands “as unto the Lord,” which runs counter to the post-Fall struggle for control. This submission is not about inferiority, coercion, or abuse, but a voluntary heart attitude of respect, support, and honor that affirms the husband’s leadership role while maintaining equality in worth. A wife’s influence is to be directed toward nurturing children and building up her husband, ultimately glorifying God through Christlikeness.