Out of reverence for Christ

Ephesians 5:22-6:9 is about wives and husbands, children and parents, slaves and masters – but I think it's fair enough to carry the gist of these verses across to men and women more generally, to children and adults, workers and bosses. Let's picture it in our churches. How beautiful it would be if in every church, the women respected and submitted to their brothers in Christ; and the men loved their sisters and gave themselves up for them! How beautiful if children obeyed adults; and adults didn't exasperate children, but instead brought them up in the training and instruction of the Lord! How lovely if workers and church members obeyed those over them with respect, fear and sincerity of heart and served wholeheartedly, as if serving the Lord; and if bosses and church leaders didn't threaten the people under them, but showed them the same respect and service! I praise God that I do see something of this in my church.