Wife

The female partner in a marriage relationship. The origin of this God-ordained institution is traced back in the Bible to the Garden of Eden. Scripture stresses that marriage is a God-ordained institution, within which the husband should love and care for his wife, just as the wife should obey, honour and care for her husband. A good wife is portrayed as a great blessing, but a bad wife influences her husband for evil. In the OT, Israel is sometimes portrayed as God’s wife; in the NT, the church is described as Christ’s bride.

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God’s pattern for marriage Husband and wife are one flesh Ge 1:27 See also Ge 2:23–24; Mal 2:15; Mt 19:4–6 The wife as helper and companion Ge 2:18 See also Ge 2:20–22 The husband is head of the wife Eph 5:23 See also 1 Co 11:3 The wife is the weaker partner 1 Pe 3:7 See also Ge 3:16 The Israelites were…