― Martin Luther
While compliling a list of verses that were pertinent for married people I made up this list and one like it for wives. I post it here as a help and encouragement for people who are looking for complimentarian imformation, aka Biblical information, haha! :)
Spiritual leaders/teachers of their wives-
1 cor11:34 the women should be silent in the churches,
for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also
says. 35 And if they want to learn something, they should ask their
own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church
meeting. 36 Did the word of God originate from you, or did it come
to you only?
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the
Lord, 23 for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the
head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Eph 5:2-23
Xrf. Gen 2 and 3.
Men as Loving Servants- This includes protective
roles…
Eph5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church
and gave Himself for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her with the
washing of water by the word. 27 He did this to present the church
to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy
and blameless. 28 In the same way, husbands are to love their wives
as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no
one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does
for the church, 30 since we are members of His body.
31 For this
reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.
32 This mystery
is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 To sum
up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect
her husband.
Not Bitter-
Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward
them. Col. 3:19
Understand the Weaker Nature of the Woman-
7 Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives
with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs
of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 1 peter 3:7
Young Men- Not necessarily married
6 In the same way, encourage the young men to be
self-controlled 7 in everything. Make yourself an example of good
works with integrity and dignity[a] in your teaching. 8
Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be
ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us. Titus 2:6-8.
Older Men- not necessarily Married
2 Older men are to be level headed, worthy of
respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance. tit 2:2
Young men are charged to care for the widows in their
family or they have denied the faith
1 Tim 5:3 Support widows who are genuinely widows. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they
must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay
their parents, for this pleases God. 5 The
real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God and continues night and day
in her petitions and prayers; 6 however,
she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. 7 Command this also, so they won’t be blamed. 8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, that is
his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
A pair is better than loneliness
Ecc4:9 Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts. 10 For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up. 11 Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm? 12 And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.
Gender, Racial and Positional Equality in Christ
Gal3:28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Sex- Give the husband/wife their sexual rights.
3 A husband should fulfill his marital
responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband. 4 A
wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the
same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife
does. 5 Do not deprive one another sexually—except when you agree
for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again;
otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6
I say the following as a concession, not as a command. 1 Cor 7
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