Yes, the husband’s role as head of the household is rooted in God’s creation order and confirmed in the New Testament as a picture of Christ and the church.
Scripture shows Adam was created first and Eve was taken out of him, establishing the man as the head of the woman (Clip 3). Paul confirms, "the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church" (Ephesians 5:23). Les Feldick stresses that this is God’s ordained format for the home, never rescinded, but it does not make the husband a slave master.
Genesis 2:23 — Eve was taken out of Adam, showing God's original creation order for the husband-wife relationship.
Ephesians 5:23 — Explicitly states the husband is the head of the wife, using Christ's headship over the church as the pattern.
The biblical basis begins in Genesis, where Adam says of Eve: "she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man" (Genesis 2:23). Paul echoes this creation order in 1 Corinthians 11:12: "For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God." In the New Testament, Paul makes headship explicit: "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church" (Ephesians 5:22-23). The same passage commands: "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" (Ephesians 5:25). Additionally, in the local church setting, Paul instructs that women should not speak in church, but "if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home" (1 Corinthians 14:34-35).
Les Feldick teaches that the headship of the husband goes back to creation itself. Eve was in Adam at creation, and she was later created out of Adam, so "God created the man to be the head of the woman, because she was created next" (Clip 1). He calls this God's ordained way of setting up the home and family, and he stresses that God has never rescinded this format (Clip 1, Clip 4). Les is equally emphatic that headship is not slavery. Over and over he says the wife is not a "gopher" or "slave girl," but a helpmate and complement. The husband has a place of authority, but it is to be exercised like Christ's headship over the church—sacrificial and loving (Clips 1, 2, 4, 5). He points to Ephesians 5:25 as the key responsibility: "Husbands, love your wives," and notes the Scripture never commands the wife to love the husband (Clip 6). Les also connects the cultural setting of 1 Corinthians 14 to the church today. The prostitutes of that day were brazen in dress, behavior, and speech, and Paul did not want Christian women to be like them. Instead, they were to be subdued and subservient, showing the proper attitude of submission (Clip 0).
Because Eve was in Adam at creation and then was taken out of him, God established the man as the head of the woman. Les says "God created the man to be the head of the woman, because she was created next," and that this was "God's ordained way of setting up the home and the family." He adds that it still holds today because God never rescinded it.
No. Les Feldick is emphatic that the husband is not a slave master and the wife is not his "gopher" or servant girl. She is a helpmate and complement. The husband has a place of authority, but he is not to abuse it; the relationship is to mirror Christ and the church, leaving no room for abuse or harsh rule.
Ephesians 5:23 says the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church. Les points out that Christ had to die and suffer for the church, and therefore a husband should be ready to die for his wife if necessary. Paul also commands, "Husbands, love your wives" (Ephesians 5:25), and Les notes the Scripture never tells the wife to love her husband—the responsibility is placed on the husband to love sacrificially.
In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul connects the behavior of women in the church to the culture of that day. Les explains that prostitutes were brazen in dress, behavior, and speech, and Paul did not want Christian women to give the world the wrong impression by acting like them. Instead, they were to be subdued and subservient, and if they wanted to learn something they were to ask their husbands at home.
Cultural Contrast: Prostitutes and Christian Women
Les explains that Paul’s instruction for women to be quiet in church grew out of a culture where prostitutes were notorious for brazen dress, speech, and behavior; Christian women were called to be subdued and subservient.
Creation Order for Headship
God created the man to be the head of the woman because she was created next; this is God’s ordained format for the home and has never been rescinded, and it does not make the husband a slave master.
Submission as Recognition, Not Slavery
Wives submit because they recognize God has ordained the man as head of the home, and the standard is "as unto the Lord"—the husband is head like Christ is head of the church.
Eve Was in Adam
Because Eve was in Adam at creation and was later taken out of him, God set the order that the husband is head of the woman—not as a slave master but in God’s ordained order.
Mandated, Not Abused
God has still mandated the husband as head of the wife; Les says this never means she is a gopher or slave girl, and it is to be equated with how the Lord relates to the church.
A Picture of Christ and the Church
The husband is head of the wife as Christ is head of the church; the Bible never gives the husband authority to downtrod his wife—she is part of him and they are one.
The Husband’s Command to Love
Les uses Ephesians 5:25 to put responsibility on the husband: "husbands, love your wives" is a commandment, and Scripture never commands the wife to love her husband—the sacrificial love of the husband is central.
Sacrificial Ready-to-Die Love
Les draws the comparison from Ephesians 5:22: just as Christ had to die and suffer to be head of the church, a husband should be ready to die for his wife if necessary.
Genesis 2:23: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Eve’s being taken out of Adam establishes the creation order that Les cites for male headship.
Ephesians 5:22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
This is the direct submission command that Les explains means recognizing God-ordained headship, not slavery.
Ephesians 5:23: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
This verse explicitly names the husband as head and gives the Christ-church comparison.
Ephesians 5:25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Les emphasizes this command to balance headship with sacrificial love.
1 Corinthians 11:12: For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Paul’s creation-based argument that woman came from man, which Les uses to show God’s original order.
1 Corinthians 14:34: Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Paul’s instruction that women ask their husbands at home is tied by Les to avoiding the brazen behavior of prostitutes.
No. Les Feldick says the husband is not a slave master and the wife is not a gopher. She is a helpmate and complement, and the relationship is to mirror Christ and the church (Clips 1, 2, 4).
Yes. According to Les, God created the man to be the head of the woman and has never rescinded His format for the home. It still holds today (Clip 1).
It means the husband is to love and sacrifice for his wife the way Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it. Les points out Christ died for the church, and a husband should be ready to die for his wife (Clips 2, 7).
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