as is fitting in the Lord.” In Ephesians 5:22, Paul says that the submission of a wife to her husband ought to reflect her submission to Christ. Recognizing her husband as the head of the home, she is to live in submission to his authority. But God doesn’t stop there. The authority of the husband is not that of a dictator over his subjects. It is that of a loving leader. Paul says, “Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.” Biblical love means “putting the other person first.”