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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: Worthy of Honor but not of Respect |
Bible Note: One thing that I think is being missed here is the role of the church in dealing with abusive situations. If a Christian wife is being abused by a husband who is also a professing believer, where is the church discipline? There should be elders to whom the man is accountable, so that when unrepentant sin is made known (and in such situations it should be made known, for the husband's sake and for the sake of the name of Jesus Christ), the leadership God has established in the communion of saints can restore the family. And while the wife is to be submissive to her husband, the civil government is also God's tool to punish evildoers as well (Romans 13:1-3). Submission of authority is never license to rebel against the Supreme Authority. The apostles violated the commands of the civil authority when it conflicted with their mandate from Jesus Christ, but they made it clear why they were doing so. Church members are under an obligation to disobey commands from their elders to sin, and a wife is obligated to repectfully disobey her husband when he wants her to sin. --Joe! |