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NASB | 1 Peter 3:1 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 3:1 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate, not as inferior, but out of respect for the responsibilities entrusted to husbands and their accountability to God, and so partnering with them] so that even if some do not obey the word [of God], they may be won over [to Christ] without discussion by the godly lives of their wives, [Eph 5:22] |
Bible Question:
Hank, you mention Noah's building of the ark. It seems so obvious to us that we should draw conclusions from the principles, and not to go out and build our own ark. But there are so many other verses that don't seem as clear cut. You are applying a principle that we would not follow an exact interpretation of the Word -go and build our own arks- if that passage applies soley to the particular person at that particular time, right? You also mention that we need to either follow the apply the passage 100 percent or 0 percent. But don't we draw principles of obedience from Noah's building of the ark? In a way then it would seem that we do follow it to a degree. Again, then I would pose another question to clarify - would you say that women should wear headcoverings in church and that they should be completely silent in the services? And if you do not feel that those should be applied 100 percent, why not? What would be the principle -universal and general, I would hope- that would allow present day Christians to ignore these rules? I have posed this question to a lay-counsellor I know, and he started going into the particular problem and culture of the Corinthians, bla bla bla. I don't know why we are so willing to start going down that path with the head-covering issue, and not see how similar the submission issue is. I think that if we are going to consider the context and culture of the headcoverings then we should consider the context and culture of the submission passages. (When I talk about the submission passages, I am generally talking about the 3 - Eph 5, Col 3, and 1 Pet 3. Are you thinking of any others that mention submission particularly?) Let me also mention that I am not a "women's libber." I still feel uncomfortable in a church with a female pastor, but I think that most of that is because of my tradition, not becasue of convictions on this issue, at this point anyway. |
Bible Answer: Joy, perhaps you'd enjoy the article at this URL: http://baptist2baptist.net/printfriendly.asp?ID(type in equals symbol)230 .... or you can go to sbc.net and type in the words __wives submit husbands__ in the site's search engine. --Hank |