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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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To: nicmarlo
5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.

5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.

........Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

86 posted on 11/23/2001 4:23:22 PM PST by He Rides A White Horse
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To: nicmarlo
They really like that "submit" stuff............let's dig in here and await them.............
88 posted on 11/23/2001 4:32:17 PM PST by He Rides A White Horse
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