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1 | Is submission of wives for today? | 1 Pet 3:1 | Morant61 | 124380 | ||
Greetings Joy! May I add to XRing's excellent response? You raise a very insightful question from the context of the passage. As with slavery, could God be saying that the submission of the wife is more a matter of how a Christian woman should act toward her culturally biased husband than a matter of God's eternal plan for husbands and wives? I would agree with XRing that mutual submission is God's will for all Christians. Let's consider both the context and other relevent Scriptures. Rom. 12:1-7 makes it clear that all Christians are to submit to government. Eph. 5:21 commands Christians to submit to one another. Eph. 5:22 and 24 (Col. 3:18 as well) command wives to submit to their husbands. Eph. 5:24 also speaks of the church submitting to Christ. Heb. 12:9 and James 4:7 speak of submitting to our Father. Heb. 13:17 speaks of submitting to the church's leadership. 1 Pet. 2:13-17 speaks of submitting to all authority. 1 Pet. 2:18 (and Eph. 6:5-9) commands slaves to submit to their masters. I think the answer to your question is found in the context of Eph. 5:21-33. The picture given is not one of a wife submitting to a culturally biased man because she has not other choice in life. But, the picture is one of mutual love and submission to one another and to God. The wife is to submit to her husband, to God, to authorities, to other Christians, and to the local church leadership. The husband also is to love his wife, to submit to God, to authorities, to other Christians (including his wife), and to the local church leadership. My wife and I discuss every decision (especially those involving money). Very seldom are we not able to come to some common agreement. I believe that this is mutal submission at work. I love and respect her, and she loves and respects me. In those cases where a decision has to be made and we cannot come to an agreement, I believe that this is an indication of God's will for our lives. In fact, when ever either of us does not feel comfortable with a choice, I take that as an indicator that we probably shouldn't make this choice. Now, I do think that this passage may have been more culturally relevant in Paul's day simply because of the way that culture in general did view women. Scripture certainly elevated the status of women in contrast with the views of the current culture. However, I do believe that the command to submit to one another and love one another is very much God's univeral plan for Christians in general, and spouses in particular. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Is submission of wives for today? | 1 Pet 3:1 | Bruce7 | 124404 | ||
I think as some Pastors and Counselors have said is, that some people have a problem with the instructions of being submissive. However, this is different than being subserviant. A husband and wife should serve each other in love, as Christ served others. A wife should be an example in Christian living for her husband, especially if he is not a Christian. Peace and love in our Lord Christ Bruce | ||||||
3 | Through Cultural Eyes - or not??? | 1 Pet 3:1 | joyduncan | 124409 | ||
I agree, but I don't want to shape my actions around what is easy or difficult. I just really want to understand the passage in a clear way. Would it be more difficult to have to look at my role as "submissive" - yes, probably. However, it shouldn't change the way in which I would interpret this verse. I don't like the way that we are using certain "rules of interpretation" for certain verses, and totally different ones for other very similar verses. It is especially difficult given the fact that most of the people who seem to be making the decisions as to which "rules" to use are men. So this is what I think I need clarification on - why do we look through such cultural filters for certain passages, and not for others???? I also incidentially studied the greek on this one - hupotasso (sorry I don't know how to type here in Greek font). I've noticed that the Greek is sometimes translated "be submissive" - might this be the best way to look at it - it is a little less direct, but the word used here is written in the middle voice - so perhaps "be submissive" is the best translation - what do you think? |
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4 | Through Cultural Eyes - or not??? | 1 Pet 3:1 | Morant61 | 124421 | ||
Greetings Joy! The middle voice of 'hupotasso' simply means to 'submit oneself'. The middle voice is also more often used in exhortations than the other voices. As far as slavery is concerned, the passage is not so much about slavery as it is about relationships. As I mentioned in my earlier post, Christians should be characterized by submission to all authority. So, I don't think that people are applying a different standard to slavery than they are to marriage. The standard is the same - all of our relationships should be characterized by submission. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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