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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:5 Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other [of marital rights], except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves [unhindered] to prayer, but come together again so that Satan will not tempt you [to sin] because of your lack of self-control. |
Subject: Of course I'm bitter! You would be too. |
Bible Note: "I'm always astounded that when I ask my question about my wife breaking God's Word, the answers I get involve my responsibility." I don't know why you would be astounded at that. This is StudyBibleForum, and the Bible says: "For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body." --Ephesians 5:23 You wrote: "Heaven forbid that she should be held accountable for 20 years of pushing her husband away! Heaven forbid that she is the one who is disobedient and actually tempting me to commit adultery!" I don't see where anyone denies that she is being disobedient or not tempting you toward adultery. That does not negate your biblical responsibility to hold her accountable for her sin. If she has been pushing you away for 20 years without you taking action before now, then the problem is greater than simply her sin. Who permitted her to move to a separate bedroom? Where is the church in confronting her with her sin? "She won't go to counseling." Are you members of a church? An unrepentant, sinning wife should be confronted by the pastor or elders of your church. "She won't repent because she doesn't think she has done anything wrong." That is where she is wrong. The Bible says: "The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." --1 Corinthians 7:2-5 A wife depriving her husband is definitely sinning and helping Satan tempt him toward adultery. You wrote: "It makes me angry that the counsel I get from my Christian brothers and sisters always puts this monkey on my back. I've carried this monkey alone, without help or encouragement to the point of exhaustion." And what counsel have you sought from the leadership of your church? God established church discipline for a reason. "But if I did chose to divorce her on the grounds of 2 decades of her unfaithfulness, I defy you to condemn me as sinning." It is not a question of me condemning you. However, you have given no indication in your posts of anything you have done either to assert your authority as the head of the household or to seek help from those God ordained as overseers of the church. If you have done so, we are not mind-readers, so attacking us for responding to half the story is pretty petty. It seems to me that you have been keeping this a secret for the last two decades. This Forum is for Bible study, not to serve as a substitute for wise counsel from the leadership in your church. My only advice is to talk to those who know you and your wife personally as well as the word of God and their role in overseeing the flock. --Joe! |