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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: How literal do we go? |
Bible Note: Hello Joy, I agree with most of what you say. But does it regulate suppression, or does it rather replace it? I see it as giving these Gentile believers an entirely new standard, not keeping an old one in check. It's like becoming a new creation in Christ being applied to marriage. You are a brand new person; here is the brand new way to live. Steve P.S. I'm camping with my wife this weekend, so this will probably be my last post until Monday. |