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1 | Submit . . . unless it hurts? | Eph 5:33 | RFriend | 66458 | ||
This is a question I struggle with constantly. The entire Bible seems written to and for men, for their benefit. Women at best, are 2nd rate, and at worst, as srchng notes, set up for terrible abuse. Every abusive man I've ever known will quote this text. When the "love your wife" part is pointed out, these men will invariably respond, "Oh, but I DO! I discipline her to HELP her." Baloney! I don't have an answer as to why the Bible seems to indicate God's love for men, but His hatred for women. I do know this: 1) No mortal man is God and submission to an infinitely pure, holy, loving Being is not the same as submission to a finite, sinful mortal. 2) No woman should stay in an abusive relationship. Get out, get out, get out. A loving God does not require you to sacrifice your life to a sinful male intent on destroying or controlling you. |
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2 | Submit . . . unless it hurts? | Eph 5:33 | srchng | 66471 | ||
Thnk you so much for your response. I would naturally agree with you. But, as I implied, I'm trying to get past thinking "naturally." And I'm really hungry for scripture to help me resolve this question. Do you know any scripture that would support the views you expressed, (that I would naturally tend to agree with?) I'm specifically looking for scripture that relieves a wife of the resposibility under God to submit to her husband because it pains, injures, or even kills her. If a married woman gets saved, and her abusive husband remains unsaved, leaving him seems to fly in the face of scripture. (1 Cor 7:13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. (1 Pet 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,) Is there anything I'm missing? Thanks, -srchng |
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3 | Submit . . . unless it hurts? | Eph 5:33 | charis | 66473 | ||
Dear srching, Greetings in Jesus' name! Bearing physical persecution for the sake of your faith is one thing, bearing physical abuse for the sake of a whim from someone that promised to love you and care for you is another. In my experience, men do not abuse their wives 'because they became Christians,' but because they want to abuse their wives. "Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace." 1 Corinthians 7:15 NASB. I would say that if physical abuse is chronic (and even psychological or emotional abuse in some cases), the the unbelieving (or even believing!) spouse is not 'with' their mate, but has 'left.' Mind you, every case needs the special attention of a caring shepherd, so I only speak in generalities. But physical abuse is dangerous and illegal. There is no Biblical commandment to bear this. Peace and wisdom to you. In Christ Jesus, charis |
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