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1 | How literal do we go? | 1 Pet 3:1 | joyduncan | 124575 | ||
It would be giving some directions to the husbands to treat their wives as humans, other Christians, not as property. It would remind the husbands that they should see their wives in a new light - that they should see them as God sees them, not as their culture would see them. It also sounds a little like it is trying to convince the men that they shouldn't feel embarassed in loving his wife in this way - because - loving your wife is like loving yourself - you are not going soft - it's a good thing. I think that the regulation of supression goes along with both these verses as well as the verses which speak of submission. The ultimate aim does make sense - the aim of the love is the sanctification of his wife - but the supression is answered not by the aim of the love, but by the love in general, itself. I am thinking as I write here, but that is my initial reaction. | ||||||
2 | How literal do we go? | 1 Pet 3:1 | srbaegon | 124580 | ||
Hello Joy, I agree with most of what you say. But does it regulate suppression, or does it rather replace it? I see it as giving these Gentile believers an entirely new standard, not keeping an old one in check. It's like becoming a new creation in Christ being applied to marriage. You are a brand new person; here is the brand new way to live. Steve P.S. I'm camping with my wife this weekend, so this will probably be my last post until Monday. |
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3 | A question for all men - please answer! | 1 Pet 3:1 | joyduncan | 124605 | ||
I like your thinking here, because you are addressing the major differences culturally in the roles of women. Can I ask you, and any other man who happens to be following our thread, to tell me simply how often you think that a husband should have to even mention submission to his wife - or should he at all? Do you think that a man who is totally fulfilling his Christ-like duty to love his wife would ever have to ask his (Christian) wife to concede on an issue? How often in your Christian marriages have you come to "impasses" that resulted in you having to "pull rank"? | ||||||
4 | A question for all men - please answer! | 1 Pet 3:1 | EdB | 124612 | ||
joyduncan Oh Yea! I have tried a few times but my wife has never bought it. :-( If I'm being selfish at her expense she is quick to point it out. If I'm getting ready to make a fool of myself, again she points it out. If it is issue where a decision has to be made and we have discussed it and now we have to go one way or another she has never challenged me on who makes that final decision. By the way her academia credentials are superior to mine. We have been married 39 years and neither of us have ever had anything other than joint bank accounts, including checking and credit, both our names are on our home and cars. Neither she nor I have ever made a major purchase without the other being actively involved in the process. God put us together to complement the other not strive against them. She is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh how can I do any less than spoil that flesh if I want my flesh spoiled? EdB |
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