讀經 Scripture Reading Ephesians 5:21-33 (NIV) 以弗所書5:21-33 (和合本) 21 又當存敬畏基督的心，彼此順服。22 你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主；23 因為丈夫是妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭；他又是教會全體的救主。24 教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要怎樣凡事順服丈夫。 Ephesians 5:21-33 (NIV) 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 你們作丈夫的，要愛你們的妻子；正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己，26 要用水藉著道，把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，27 可以獻給自己，作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。28 丈夫也當照樣愛妻子，如同愛自己的身子；愛妻子便是愛自己了。 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 從來沒有人恨惡自己的身子，總要保養顧惜，正像基督待教會一樣，30 因我們是他身上的肢體〔有古卷在此有就是他的骨他的肉〕。31 為這個緣故，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。32 這是極大的奧秘，但我是指著基督和教會說的。33 然而你們各人都當愛妻子，如同愛自己一樣；妻子也當敬重他的丈夫。 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Christian Wives and Christian Husbands 萊城華人基督教會 Lexington Chinese Christian Church 主後2011年7月24日主日崇拜 Sunday Service July 24th, 2011 Christian Wives and Christian Husbands

以弗所書結構 The structure of Ephesians 上半部（1-3章）：基督徒信仰 First half of the book (chaps. 1-3) is about Christian beliefs. 下半部（4-6章）：由信仰帶出的基督徒生活 Second half of the book (chaps. 4-6) is about Christian behavior that flows from those beliefs.

基督徒家庭 Christian Family 以弗所書下半部著重談到基督徒的家庭生活 The one topic discussed more at length than any other in the second half (4-6) is the Christian family.

以弗所書5:21 又當存敬畏基督的心，彼此順服。Ephesians 5:21 "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." or "Submit to one another out of fear for Christ." 希臘文“敬畏”：φόβος，英文字根 phobic 或 phobia 的來源

歌羅西書3:18 你們做妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，這在主裏面是相宜的。 Col. 3:18, “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the lord.”

提多書2:3-5 又勸老年婦人，舉止行動要恭敬，不說讒言，不給酒作奴僕，用善道教訓人；4 好指教少年婦人，愛丈夫，愛兒女，5 謹守貞潔，料理家務，待人有恩，順服自己的丈夫，免得　神的道理被毀謗。 Titus 2:3-5 (NIV): 3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

彼得前書3:1 你們做妻子的，要順服自己的丈夫 1 Peter 3:1, “Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands”

以弗所書5: 22 你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主； The verse about wives submitting to their husbands (verse 22) has caused much debate and controversy. However, there are four comments that need to be made to help us deal with this verse properly:

1. 聖父聖子聖靈三位一體是婚姻的完美典範 Perfect Model for Marriage: Doctrine of Trinity

2. 聖經沒有教導妻子對丈夫的順服是因為女人地位不如男人 No indication in the Bible that the wife’s subordination to her husband indicates that the man/the male is superior to the woman/female

Aristotle:“As between the sexes, the male is by nature the superior and the female the inferior; he is the ruler, and she, the one ruled.”

馬太福音20:26b你們中間誰愿為大，就必做你們的傭人；27誰願為首，就必作你們的僕人。 Matt. 20:26b-27, “…whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your servant.”

3. 教導對象是夫妻而非所有男女 Paul is speaking only to wives and husbands, not to all women and all men.

4. 如若丈夫像保羅在接下來的經文中描寫一般愛妻子的話，想必讓妻子順服丈夫就不難 It will not be difficult for any married woman to submit to a husband who loves his wife the way Paul will go on to describe in verses 25-33.

保羅在經文25-33節教導丈夫順服妻子，發人深思 Three verses (verses 22-24) to teach wives submit to their husbands. Eight verses (25-33b) to teach husbands love their wives as Jesus loves his church.

結論 Conclusion 家庭生活是已婚基督徒最好的見證 One of the greatest and most effective testimonies you will have as a Christian, if you are married, is the sort of relationship you have with your spouse. http://4photos.net/en/image:160-43777-Happy_Family_images