While verses 22-24 of Ephesians 5 speak about submission to the husband, notice that the summary verse, v33, states “RESPECT your husband”. Why? Because they go hand-in-hand. Submission becomes a whole lot easier when the husband is respected and honoured as the head of the home.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
v33: However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 5:22-24, 33 NIV
How can you show respect to your husband today?