of the land does so, and we all do so in general parlance. We do not say Mrs. and Mr. So-and-so; we say Mr. and Mrs.—and so on. So when the Apostle puts the wives first in his consideration of the relationship of husbands and wives he has a very good reason for doing so. The reason is that he is particularly concerned about this question of submission—‘submitting’. That is the principle which he has outlined in verse 21. Now in the married relationship the aspect of submission, as he shows, applies