Ephesians
Chapter
5 (Continued)
{Verses
22-24: Second Divine Law - Marriage}
22-23~~
YOU wives . . .
{be
subordinating} yourselves
to
your very own husbands,
as
{comparison} to the Lord . . . 23~~
because
the husband {emphasis on quality}
keeps
on being the 'absolute authority'/'head'
over
his wife,
just
as the Christ
also
. . . {keeps on being} the 'absolute authority'/'head'
over
the church {the body of Christ}.
Also,
He . . . Himself {and only He Himself} . . . {is}
the
savior of the body {Church Age believers}.
{Note: The Greek syntax picks the verb up from the previous verse - so is correctly translated 'be subordinating'/be respecting'/'be obeying'. And this is a gnomic present - dynamic imperative - middle voice . . . all of which means to obey or render to the authority by your own volition! If a woman is unwilling to submit to the authority of her husband, then DON'T marry him!}
24~~
But as the church herself
keeps
on being subordinate
to
the Christ . . .
in
this way also
the
wives . . . {keep on being subordinate}
to
their own husbands -
in
all things.
{Command
for Christian Husbands - Christ loved with a Perfect Love, so . . .}
25-27~~
You husbands . . . {this is a command}
be
loving
{agapao - mental attitude love}
your
wives,
just
as also Christ
has
loved the Church {all Church Age believers},
and
has delivered over Himself
{emphasis on His free will in doing so}
on
behalf of the same {the Church} 26~~ . . .
that
He (Jesus)
might
consecrate/'set apart'/sanctify her {as 'royalty'}
by
means of the cleansing/washing
{analogy to rebound for the church}
from
the water with the Word
{rhema - Word communicated by a pastor-teacher:
refers to the refreshment from the intake of the Word} 27~~
for
the purpose that He Himself {Jesus}
might
present to Himself
the
splendid-glorious church,
not
having stain {an Old Sin Nature},
or
wrinkle {human good - production from the flesh},
or
any such category of things;
but
that she {church} should be blameless saints.
{Note: 'Agapao' is the mental attitude type of love ('ergo' - from which we get 'erotic' - is the Greek word for 'sex type physical love'). From the negative viewpoint, agapao means mentally being 'minus mental attitude sins' toward your wife. From the positive viewpoint, agapao love means having the highest regard in the right lobe of the brain for her.}
{Note: Set apart her 'as royalty' refers to both the wife for her right man in category 2 love AND the Church/bride toward Jesus Christ as our right category 1 love - personal love for God. The analogy is between a right man and right woman relationship AND Church Age believers (royal priests - and the bride in heaven) and their 'right God' - Jesus Christ (the bridegroom).}
{Note: A man washes his right woman through physical relations. The analogy with the church is Jesus sanctifies the Church in the same manner - with the cleansing of their thinking through study of the Word.}
{Application
of Principal}
28~~
Thus you husbands also ought
to
be loving {agapao}
their
own wives
as
{the husbands love} their own bodies.
The
one who keeps loving {agapao}
his
own wife . . . keeps loving himself.
{Note: Agapao is the mental attitude love. The physical is not in view here. There are six ways a man loves his own body with spiritual analogies:
1. Food - soul provision and rapport for the woman and Christ for the Church.
2. Shelter - right man protecting his right woman - he is her shelter - same for Christ
3. Clothing - physical provision for the right woman and Christ for all believers
the inner clothing of the soul - bible doctrine - Edification Complex of the Soul (ECS)
4. Sleep - tranquility of soul for the woman and Mind of Christ gives believers an RMA
5. Exercise - man provides for the woman by the sweat of the brow and Christ does all the work for the Church
6. Stimulation - sexual stimulation and Christ stimulates our soul with bible doctrine.}
{Back
to the Principal and Another Analogy - Back to the Spiritual Analogy}
29-30~~
For no one ever yet
has
hated his own flesh {body};
but
he nourishes {to promote health and strength}
and
provides reasonable/tender care for it,
just
as the Christ also . . . {does} the church . . . 30~~
because
we keep on being members of His body.
{Note: 'Of His flesh and of His bones' is not in the original Greek transcript - omit.}
{Verses
31-33: The Results in Marriage and a Third Doctrinal Analogy}
31~~
Analogous/equivalent to this doctrine,
a
man shall leave behind
his
father and mother
{assuming his own role of authority}
and
he shall have sexual intercourse
{literally - 'face to face sex'}
with
his own wife
{mutual desire involved}
and
the two shall keep on being as one flesh.
{Note: This is a picture of the right man/right woman relationship in marriage. When God designs the marriage, it is perfect. And, sexual union between the two is the normal condition.}
{Doctrinal
Side of the Analogy - Back to Christ and 'Union with Christ of the
Royal Family'}
32~~
This mystery {doctrine}
keeps
on being great(!) . . .
Now
I am speaking/communicating
with
reference to Christ
and
with reference to the church.
{Note: Paul is revealing that the analogy of the marriage of the right man to the right woman is also an analogy between Jesus (the right man - bridegroom) to the body of Christ (the right woman - responding to Him - the Bride in heaven). None of this was revealed to Old Testament believers. All Church Age doctrine was mystery doctrine until the Church Age. This is the doctrine of Positional Sanctification - Union with Christ.}
33~~
Also, with reference to one woman . . .
each
man, in this manner,
be
loving his very own wife as himself;
and
his wife be sure that
she
is 'occupied with'/'concentrates on'/respects {phobeo}
her
husband.
{Note: Literally the first part of this verse says 'also you with reference to one woman each man his very own wife so be loving in this manner'. It is an idiom correctly translated above. In the last part, phobeo - from which we get 'phobia' - means 'to fear'. But it can also mean to respect, to be occupied with or to concentrate on the subject - to the exclusion of all others. She is finished flirting with other men!}
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