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NASB | Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:33 However, each man among you [without exception] is to love his wife as his very own self [with behavior worthy of respect and esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of lovingkindness], and the wife [must see to it] that she respects and delights in her husband [that she notices him and prefers him and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him, honoring him, and holding him dear]. [1 Pet 3:2] |
Subject: Is reverence feasible? Always? |
Bible Note: Mommapbs: Did you never read the scripture, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Everything must be taken into proper context. And there is a place for everything. Even fear. And it is good where God says it is good. The original Greek version is far superior in language and meaning than our modern English translation. After all the writers were writing in the Greek language and they knew what they wanted to say. And phobia does mean fear. So I don't think you can argue that the writer, whom was God, did not mean fear. That being settled let us go on to your next point. You say they we are to disregard the law and follow Christ. But we cannot disregard the law and follow Christ. We are not to rely on the law for our salvation. For we cannot be saved without Christ. But just because we are in Christ, are we to lie, cheat, steal, murder, and covet? I think not. We are the more to keep these commandments. Truly we cannot be justified in the law. But as the Apostle Paul points out in Romans we should keep the carnal law in our flesh (body) but the law of grace in our minds. Now lets move on to Adam. Where was Adam when Eve committed the transgression? No my friend, he was not beside her edging her on. She was alone at that time. And she brought the fruit to him to eat. Yes, he partook of it. Why? We do not know for sure. But I believe it is because he would not allow her to stand in that awful place of judgment all alone. But her being bone of her bone and flesh of his flesh he shielded her with his loving arm and said by his act that, "I will face condemnation at your side...we shall die together." |