1. Eve was created by God for Adam, to be Adam’s helper.

2. Eve was taken from Adam: bone of Adam’s bones, flesh of his flesh.

3. The “one flesh” marriage relationship between husband and wife is a picture of the
union of Christ and his church.
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• Complementarianism is the theological view that although men and women are created
  equal in their being and personhood, they are created by God to complement each other via
  different roles and responsibilities as manifested in marriage, family life, and church
  leadership.
• Within Christianity, egalitarianism is a movement based on the theological view that not
  only are men and women equal before God in their personhood, but there are no gender-
  based limitations of what functions or roles each can fulfill in the home or in the church.
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Leave and Cleave: While still honouring one’s parents, husband and wife shift their allegiance
to each other.

Naked and not ashamed: There is a symbol-laden depth to the pronouncement. It is a way of
saying that there was no guilt; there was nothing to be ashamed of. This happy innocence
meant openness, utter candour. There was nothing to hide, whether from God or from each
other. But after the Fall, everything changes.

Definition of husbandly headship: In the partnership of two spiritually equal human beings,
man and woman, man bears the primary responsibility to lead the partnership in a God
glorifying direction. In other words, it is the man’s responsibility to see that the partnership
serves the purposes of God, not the sinful desires of either member of the partnership.
Husbandly headship does not consist in a series of directives to the wife. Leadership is not
synonymous with unilateral decision-making. Headship bears the primary responsibility for the
moral design and planning in the home, but the development of that design and plan will include
the wife. A good husband will take responsibility to establish a pattern of interaction that
honours both husband and wife (and children) as a store of varied wisdom for family life.

Definition of wifely submission: A wife’s divine calling to honor and affirm her husband’s
leadership and help carry it through according to her gifts. It is not an absolute surrender of her
will. It is her disposition to yield to her husband’s guidance and her inclination to follow his
leadership. Christ is her absolute authority, not the husband. She submits “out of reverence for
Christ” (Eph. 5:21) and “for the Lord’s sake” (1 Peter 2:13).