Godly Submission- Husband to Wife
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Live with your wife...
Live with your wife...
shared life and partnership
sharing life, not merely duties
…in an understanding way
…in an understanding way
the essence of “gnosis”- e.g. “Amyology”
naked and unashamed
Gen 2:24-25 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.”
consideration, chivalry, companionship
showing honor to the woman
showing honor to the woman
honor of a crystaline vessel
Gen 2:21-23 “So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.””
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit...
as the weaker vessel
as the weaker vessel
The MacArthur Study Bible Chapter 3
While she is fully equal in Christ and not inferior spiritually because she is a woman (see Gal. 3:28), she is physically weaker, and in need of protection, provision, and strength from her husband.
1 Cor 16:13-14 “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”
since they are heirs with you
since they are heirs with you
of the grace of life- marriage
You are not just married to her, she is married to you!
so that your prayers may not be hindered.
so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Praying for her salvation (v.1)
relationship on the rocks- regarding iniquity?
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.