in which women in general were held,11 actually Paul announces a drastic restriction of women’s subordination: it is due only to her husband, just as the husband “owes” marital love only to his wife (vss. 25, 28, 33). This corresponds to his subordination to her (vs. 21) which consists of a love measured after Christ’s self-giving love for the church (vss. 25–27, 32–33). Unlike 1 Peter 3:5–7 and other Greek texts, Paul does not use the verbs “obey” and “serve” as synonyms for the “subordination”