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To: nicmarlo
as the wife is to submit to her husband,and he to her

I may have missed the verse where the husband is supposed to submit to the wife? He is to love her as though it were his own body, and die for her, if necessary. I might be wrong on this, but could I request a text for the 'submission' part of it? I've checked 3 seperate texts, 1st Corinth. Ephesians, and 1st Peter and none of them say submit to the wife. Perhaps it was a 'mistype' on your part?

42 posted on 11/23/2001 8:07:20 AM PST by invoman
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To: invoman
1 Cor. 7:3: Let the husband fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. (4) The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. (5) Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time . . .

I was unclear what I meant by submission. There are instances, such as above, where the man, and the woman, submit to each other (and perhaps this scripture can be taken as more than submitting to each other's physical needs). Regarding decision-making, the husband is not to submit to his wife, but he should listen to her as a partner. But he, ultimately decides what course of action to take. She is to submit to that, not he to her.

49 posted on 11/23/2001 9:17:25 AM PST by nicmarlo
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