DA14
We are to submit to one another as we are led by the Holy Spirit.
Category: Neighbours & Brothers
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Ephesians 5:21
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Colossians 3:18
- 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
- Ephesians 5:22-24
- Hebrews 13:17
- 1 Peter 2:13
- 1 Peter 2:18
- 1 Peter 3:1
- 1 Peter 5:5
- Titus 2:5
- Titus 2:9
- Titus 3:1
Supportive OT Scriptures
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Genesis 3:16
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Genesis 16:9
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
“Submitting to one another” means subordinating our desires (and sometimes even our welfare) to the needs and welfare of another; it is a term that means putting another before our self. Submitting to God and Messiah must be total and unconditional, but our submitting to one another per this Mitzvah has its biblical and godly limits. Do we comply with the demand of another that we procure something for him illegally? Of course not. Do we risk our life to save the life of another? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Each situation in which we are called to give something of ourselves for another calls for wisdom that can only reliably be acquired from the Holy Spirit. The examples I gave are extreme; more often we are called to submit to others with our love, our compassion, our time, our money, and sometimes our property – sacrificial, nevertheless. There are no criteria for deciding whether to, or how much to, but Ephesians 5:21 in the CJB says that we are to submit to one another “in fear of the Messiah” (the NKJ version says “in the fear of God”). The word “fear,” as used here, means in compliance with God’s will – hence the need for us to pray to God and be directed by the Holy Spirit.
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