TL
2010-05-27
NN,
The problem is what you infer from this. Your inference is wrong in that you assume by what is missing that therefore the husband is not to do what is not included in those few sentences even though Paul just got finished telling everyone to do them all. All are admonished to be of a submissive nature toward each other. All are told to love all sacrificially.. These are not gender specific admonitions. However, at the time certain aspects were lacking in marriage. Paul chooses to only address a few things, not everything. He did the same thing with slaves, masters and children, parents. This is not an all inclusive thesis. Paul is only pointing out certain issues.
Why Paul is only pointing out certain issues is important as well. You assume that the reason Paul is pointing out certain issues is because he is eliminating all the other elements of community Christian behavior when it comes to marriage and instead favors an entirely different paradigm. This is not true. It is not true in marriage, nor is it true between slaves and masters, or between children and parents.
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