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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] |
Subject: So should your wife wear a headcovering? |
Bible Note: Greetings EdB! I respect your right to disagee my friend, but I do believe that there are some parts of Scripture that are clearly cultural, and not universal. We are no longer commanded to be circumcised, yet Timothy was to appease the Jews. We are never commanded to wear Phylacteries (Sp?), but Scripture gives direction concerning how to wear them. As far as meat offered to idols in concerned, spritualizing can be even more dangerous than culturalizing Scripture. ;-) The fact is, we simply don't have people offering meat to idols - so the directions concerning it no longer apply to us. I do agree that there are some spiritual principles that can be drawn even from these examples. My basic approach is this: 1) Is the passage dealing with a specific command only to an individual or a group. Timothy is commanded to bring Paul's books to him in prison. Obviously, Paul did not expect me to bring him his books - even though my name is Timothy. :-) 2) Is the passage dealing with a command at all. For instance, there is not a single command for women to cover their heads in Scripture. Though Paul does talk about this being something they ought to do. To me, this is a good example of a cultural indicator. This would rule out explaning away homosexuality since Scripture gives specific commands regarding this practice. Furthermore, the commands cover both the Old and New Testaments. 3) Is there some specific cultural custom being discussed? I only know of a handful of passages that I would classify as cultural, and not one of them contains a command. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |