Originally posted by @eladar
Hold on. Look carefully at the passage.
Fear of Christ is to result in being subject to one another.
Of course Christians are subject to one another when they are in the fear of Christ.
I think that is how I would put it.
"Being subject to ONE ANOTHER ... in the fear of Christ." (Eph. 5:21)
You like the part about all Christians subject to Christ.
Good beginning.
Do you say Amen to what is says about being
"subject to ONE ANOTHER ..." in the fear of Christ ?
Of course Christians are subject to Christ.
Of course if we realize that we all must stand before Christ to give an account of how we treated the brothers and sisters belonging TO Christ, we would be subject to one another.
After all, Christ lives in that brother.
After all, Christ lives in that sister.
After all, all the believers in Christ are indwelt with BY Christ.
Isn't this in the same spirit as of
First Peter 5:5 ?
" In like manner, younger men, be subject to elders; and all of you gird yourselves with humility toward one another,
Because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time." (1 Pet. 5:5,6)
So we all need Jesus Christ. For humility IS Christ. He can be for us the all around humility that we need - all of the believers and each believing husband and each believing wife.