• Side topic: What did Jesus mean when He prayed, “not my will by thine be done?”
    • Hebrews 5:7
    • Jesus was praying that His time on the cross would be short. We know that prayer was answered because Pilate marveled that He died so quickly.
  • Ephesians 5:15-29
  • Ephesians 5:20 – The word “all” is used as it often is in the Bible: all of the class or category under consideration. We are to give thanks for all the blessings we have in God.
  • Ephesians 5:22 – This guidance goes back to Genesis 3. A wife in subjection is not a lesser person. We are all in subjection to someone. We are all equal in God’s eyes.
  • Ephesians 5:26 – Compare I Peter 3:21.
  • Ephesians 5:29 – This is the great love men should have for their wives. Their love should be patterned after Jesus’ love for the church in how He gave Himself for the church.