A HUSBAND LOVES HIS WIFE AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH.

[Born4Jesus]

EPHESIANS 5:25-33 - GOD’S WORD Translation

25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
26 He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.
27 Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle—holy and without faults.
28 So husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
29 No one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds and takes care of it, as Christ takes care of the church.
30 We are parts of his body.
31 That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one.
32 This is a great mystery. (I’m talking about Christ’s relationship to the church.)
33 But every husband must love his wife as he loves himself, and wives should respect their husbands.

In the lght of this Bible verses, it is very cler that a Christian single man who is ready for marriage knows his duties. Otherwise he must not look for a wife.

Therefore I wonder why a Christian single lady asks for a Christian single man if he can take care of her and why taking care of her is a criterion to marriage.

Indeed, a Christian single man means a man who is led by the Hly Spirit. He mdeitates his Bible every day and he is alao also alert about his duties as a husband and then no one needs to teach him about the roles or duties. If not how can he be the head of his family and then the family?

When a Christian single woman asks some proof he can take care of her, her brother (the Christian single man) vpould think she just wants his money.

MARRIAGE means a lot and so Man and Woman must get to know each other and since they are Christian, take care of one's spouse or not must not be something to be scared of because the Holy Spirit is leading that relationship.

And Man must alsways suffer for her and his family. Unfortunately, we dont want toobey the bible because we chose to adapt it to the what the world requiires today. We were cretaed to glorify God.

1 CORINTHIANS 11:8-9 (GOD’S WORD Translation)

8 Clearly, man wasn’t made from woman but woman from man.
9 Man wasn’t created for woman but woman for man.

Wives are not slaves and they won't be. But A wife needs to help her hisband in his work because she was created for him. So a Xhriostian single man knows always what to do for his wife and then she will always be submlissive.

GENESIS 2:18 - GOD’S WORD Translation

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.”

As we can read above, God created Eve (woman) for Adam (man). A Husband might not hurt his wife because she a part of him. We suffer in marriage because we diod not follow God's principles.

For example, if your husband is a pastorthen you must assist him to make easy his ministery. You cannot be someone else and block his ministery.

Edited March 20, 2024 by Born4Jesus

[Mr. M]

1 Peter 3:1 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, 

2 when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. 

3 Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— 

4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. 

5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, 

6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.

7 Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

[RdJ]

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Edited March 22, 2024 by RdJ
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[Who me]

On 3/20/2024 at 3:25 PM, Born4Jesus said:

is very cler that a Christian single man who is ready for marriage knows his duties.

Sorry but it is not clear. As your other post on these verses show, all to often only the part about wives submitting is preached.

Christian men and women need to be taught that Christian marriage is agai St their national cultural traditions, no matter what country or traditions they have.

Christian marriage is a partnership between equals. It is a team/joint function.

 

A  husband  being willing to give up, to sacrifice everything for his wife.

A wife who respects and trusts her husband will willingly submit to him.

 

No man who has a sacrificial love for his wife will expect him to do anything hurtful or repugnant to her.