This Momentary Marriage by John Piper
Week 7: Chapter 6 — The Beautiful Design of a Wife's Submission
Read Chapter 6 of This Momentary Marriage. Key Scriptures: Ephesians 5:22–24, 33; 1 Peter 3:1–6.
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Few words in contemporary culture are more misunderstood or more resisted than 'submission' — Piper's aim is to rescue it from both the abusers and the dismissers and return it to its true biblical beauty.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Piper begins by acknowledging that the word 'submission' triggers strong reactions — both from those who have experienced its distortion and from those who reject any form of it on principle. Before engaging his argument: what is your honest, gut-level reaction to the word, and where do you think that reaction comes from?
2.Piper defines the wife's submission not as inferiority, silence, or blind obedience, but as a disposition of voluntary, glad deference to her husband's leadership for the sake of the family's flourishing and the display of Christ's relationship to the church. How does each part of that definition matter? What gets distorted if any part is removed?
3.Piper points to 1 Peter 3:1–6 and Sarah's example as a model of courageous, faith-filled submission — submission that is far from weakness but requires deep trust in God's sovereignty and goodness. What is the connection between a wife's submission and her faith? Why does Peter ground this call in 'hoping in God' (v. 5)?
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