What verse does Les use to put the responsibility on the husband in marriage?
The verse is verse 25, which says, 'Husbands, love your wives.' It is the passage used to place responsibility on the husband. This is a commandment that the husband is to love his wife, just as Christ loved the church, establishing the husband's duty in marriage.
Les teaches that verse 25 is the verse he uses to place responsibility on the husband. The command is 'husbands, love your wives,' and it is a commandment for the husband to love his wife. He notes Scripture never tells the wife to love the husband, though Peter says mothers are to instruct daughters how to love their husbands; that is not the same as commanding it. Les ties this to Genesis chapter 1: God gave man a will, and when God extends love, grace, and blessings, He expected love returned. In marriage, if the husband truly loves his wife scripturally as Christ loves the church, the wife will respond to that love. This leaves no room for abusing authority or submission; it is perfectly ordained if done God's way.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;