February 14, 1984
Society will only be held intact when the marriage bond is held in honor. So how can Christians respond cultural attacks on biblical marriage and develop a lifestyle that is attractive to a society void of models? Alistair Begg examines Peter’s charges to wives and husbands, helping us see how our marriages can be marked by purity, reverance, beauty, chilvalry, considerateness, and communion.
1Likewise, wives, kbe subject to your own husbands, so that leven if some do not obey the word, mthey may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2when they see your nrespectful and pure conduct. 3oDo not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4but let your adorning be pthe hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. 5For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, qcalling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and rdo not fear anything that is frightening.
7Likewise, shusbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker tvessel, since they are heirs with you1 of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
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