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Mutual Submission

By John ChrysostomSource: John Chrysostom - Homilies on Ephesians (Public Domain)37 words

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. This is the great revolutionary word of the gospel. In the kingdom of God, we do not lord it over one another but serve one another in love.

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