哥林多教会所面对的问题，有不少是源自该城的败坏风气和腐败环境。例如，哥林多的娼妓问题严重。有为数极多的女性在异教的神庙中作庙妓，也有不少妓女在街上公然拉客。教会中的一些妇女也被这种低落的道德风气所影响；因此，保罗在信中便要纠正这问题。

保罗强调了三个重点。第一，基督是丈夫的头；第二，丈夫是妻子的头；第三，神是基督的头。我们需要同时了解这三点，才能对夫妻之间及与神之间的关系，有一个平衡的观念。

假使基督本身就是神，神又怎么会成为基督的头呢？基督因为深爱父神，所以祂甘愿顺服父神的旨意，以致让你和我可以得救；因此祂说：「我来不是要求自己的旨意成就，乃是要求那差我来者的旨意成就。」

如今保罗便对做丈夫的说：「正如基督愿意顺服父神，你是否愿意顺服基督呢？」做丈夫的若愿意因着爱而顺服基督，那么，他的妻子便可以此作为榜样，学习以爱去顺服丈夫。

丈夫并不是妻子的老板，要妻子凡事听从他的指示；反之，他因为凡事听从基督的带领，所以，他便能够做出对家庭最有益的决定。作妻子的，当然要与丈夫同心合意，一起去寻求及遵行神的心意。

这是一幅美妙的图画，甚至称得上是一幅完美的图画。基督若是我们的一家之主，祂就会在各方面带领我们，我们的家便一定是个幸福愉快的家。

祷告：

主啊，求你帮助我能凡事顺服你的旨意，正如你顺服父神的旨意一样，以致我能在家人面前有美好的见证。

There were some very real problems in the church at Corinth. Some of them arose because of the evil in the city in which the Church was working and worshipping. For example the place of women in Corinth was known to be very sinful in many ways. A large number of women were living in sin in the heathen temples or openly walking the streets in an immoral way. This had affected some of the church women, too. Paul was writing to correct these things.

Paul stresses three points. First, the head of the husband is Christ. Then the head of the woman is the man and the head of Christ is God. We need to look at all three of these to get a balanced view of our relationships with one another and with God.

How can the head of Christ be God when Christ himself is God? In his deep love for his Father, Christ willingly submitted himself to the will of the Father so that you and I might be saved. So he was able to say, 'I came not to do my own will but the will of him that sent me'.

Now Paul says to husbands, 'As Christ submitted himself to the Father, are y u prepared to submit yourselves to Christ?' If so, the wife will be able to look at her husband's loving submission to Christ and see in that an example of what her loving submission to her husband should be.

It is not that the husband is the boss of the wife, but as he is guided by Christ, he should be able to decide what is best for his family. Needless to say, a Christian wife will join her husband in seeking to know what that will is. Then together they will seek to carry it out.

This is a wonderful picture. Do you think it seems too perfect? Our homes would be a lot happier if Christ was truly the head of the home, guiding and leading in all things.

A PRAYER:

Lord, may others see in me today the fact that I have submitted to your will as you submitted to the Father's.