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1 | Submit . . . unless it hurts? | Eph 5:33 | mbooker | 66642 | ||
Post continuation: Paul is a good example of a citizen asserting his rights: The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Acts 22:24-29 I am going to assume that the chief captain in Acts 22 was a civil authority. Paul himself wrote in Romans 13:1: Let every person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God's appointment Amp If Paul could demand his rights from the civil authorities to whom he was to be loyally subject, is it to farfetched for a woman to act in similar fashion? I do not see an act of disodedience if a woman secures safety for herself if she is being afflicted with physical pains, injures, or potential death. What I see is a woman who foresees evil and hides. Now maybe I’m stretching it a bit because I am a woman, but I’m sure someone will show me the err of my ways :) Meredith |
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2 | Submit . . . unless it hurts? | Eph 5:33 | srchng | 66662 | ||
Meredith, Thank you for your help. You've cited broader principles from Scripture that I can understand. This gives me good stuff to chew on. Sometimes we (I) seem to have blinders on, and need help to see the bigger picture. Thank you, -srchng |
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