What Obligations Do Marriage Partners Have To Each Other? The apostle Paul, writing to the church at Ephesus, laid down some very good guidelines for husbands and wives. To the men he said, Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it (Ephesians 5:25). To the women he said, Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord (Ephesians 5:22). That kind of relationship brings about a lack of tension in marriage. The husband should be willing to sacrifice himself for the wifes good. If he loves her enough that he is willing to give himself for her, even as Jesus did for the church, then the wife will be willing to submit to his leadership. She will know that he is always looking out for her good and always willing to put her interests ahead of his. By the same token, a wife has the ability to make her husband the head of the household by urging him to take his proper role as priest in the home. She should encourage him to seek God, to find out what God is telling the family to do. She can build her husband up and, by being willing to submit, give him a sense of responsibility so that he will assume his proper role.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:03:12 +0000
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