God has given men the responsibility to take the lead in their marriages and families. Yet this is a leadership of servanthood, not of status: Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
(Ephesians 5:25). Is it too much to expect a Christian husband to help his wife wash the dishes or do the laundry? Would this kind of love not be a powerful witness to our society? Is it beneath a Christian father’s dignity to get down on the floor to play with his little girl, or to go out and kick the ball with his energetic young boys? Are our attitudes to leadership in the family moulded by our culture or by our Saviour?
6 Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.