I quoted that passage out of context intentionally, because I think it represents what most people think of Paul&#x27;s marriage views, accurately or not.  The whole chapter provides a great deal more context to Paul&#x27;s thoughts on the subject:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bible.com&#x2F;bible&#x2F;59&#x2F;eph.5.esv" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bible.com&#x2F;bible&#x2F;59&#x2F;eph.5.esv</a><p><pre><code>    &gt; What, in your mind, should be the outcome of someone who claims to follow the Bible in their marriage w.r.t. this passage?
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I know about 300-500 Christian families from my town.  When the vast majority of them read that section of Paul&#x27;s letter to the church at Ephesus (Paul mainly wrote letters, and they weren&#x27;t divided up into chapters&#x2F;verses for reference until much later) the key takeaway for them is &quot;I, as a Christian, am commanded to give up my rights for the sake of my spouse and our marriage.&quot;<p>In doing this, I think most people assume that Christians simply pretend they don&#x27;t want what they really want, and pretend they do want what they really don&#x27;t want.  That&#x27;s not it at all, and that&#x27;s merely a recipe for a hollow, hypocritical relationship.<p>There are certainly differences amongst Christians, and I don&#x27;t intend to paper over them.  I&#x27;m just saying, if you have a Christian friend, ask them what these kinds of passages mean to them, rather than assume they are brow-beating their spouse based on two sentences taken out of the context of an entire letter Paul wrote.