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NASB | 1 Peter 3:1 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 3:1 In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate, not as inferior, but out of respect for the responsibilities entrusted to husbands and their accountability to God, and so partnering with them] so that even if some do not obey the word [of God], they may be won over [to Christ] without discussion by the godly lives of their wives, [Eph 5:22] |
Bible Question (short): Looking at this in another way |
Question (full): I think I should clarify a bit. I don't think that the act of submission is slavery, but I wonder if we should apply/interpret that passage with the same light that we apply the slavery passages. There are 3 major passages dealing with submission and each of them is linked to a passage on slavery - we say that the bible does not condone slavery, but don't treat the submission passages at all the same way even though the context of marriage was SOOOOOO DIFFERENT at the time of the writing. I guess I am looking for the "rules" that we are using to interpret - why do we SOMETIMES use cultural explanations as in the slavery passages, as well as the head-covering passages, and the women speaking in church passage? I don't think that just because "marriage" is a bigger heading that we should necessarily assume to carry those submission verses into today. Again, I wonder how much Paul is talking about marriage in general, or if it is more specific to the time - is he not talking about the specific hierarchy that existed back then - that the women were definitely subordinate, lower-class citizens. Note the question I posed from above: Why don't we read/interpret the verse like, "as long as the culture supports and condones the suppression of women, and the defining of women as less than equal - Wives, submit to your husbands." Read the 1 Peter passage that way just for kicks - it seems to totally flow with the context and make a lot of sense - or am I wrong? |