<p>5:24 <i>But as the church is subject to Christ, so the wives should also be to their husbands in everything</i>- The AV adds, following other manuscripts, &quot;to their <i>own</i> husbands&quot;, as if there was a tendency for women to be subject to other men or teachers, instead of their husbands. This subjection to the husband is in response to his attempt to love the wife with the self-sacrificial love of the Lord Jesus for us all (:25). Perceiving any realistic attempt at emulating that should elicit respect and submission in that the woman perceives that the husband's game plan and intention is her salvation. These principles therefore apply only to man and woman in Christ; there is no suggestion here that males <i>per se</i> are to be submitted to by females simply by reason of their gender.</p>