After a recent conversation with a friend, we asked the question, "What are our responsibilities as wives, Biblically?" Based on that conversation, we took a walk through the Word and made a list. It's certainly not all inclusive, but its a good start. I'm sure it will take me a lifetime just to get the first two.
In this post, I'll write the list. In coming week, months, hopefully I will begin to flesh out each one, giving the Scripture meaning and depth. Here goes:
My Responsibilities as a Wife, Biblically
1. Love my husband (Titus 2:4)
2. Love my children (Titus 2:4) - They are his kids, after all
3. Be self-controlled (Titus 2:5)
4. Purity (Titus 2:5) - not even a hint of sexual immorality (Eph. 5:3)
5. To be busy at home (Titus 2:5)
6. Kind (Titus 2:5)
7. To be subject to my husband (Titus 2:5), as to the Lord, in everything (Eph. 5:22-24)
8. To leave my parents, and cleave to my husband (Eph. 5:31)
9. To become one flesh (Eph. 5:31), to have sex with my husband (1 Cor. 7:3)
10. To give my body freely to my husband and don't hold back (1 Cor. 7:4)
11. Respect my husband (Eph. 5:33)
12. Do not repay evil for evil (Romans 12:17)
13. Pray for my husband (Romans 12:12)
14. Forgive him (Matthew 6:14)
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