Retha

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(Minor point, meaning of Baali: http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H1180&t=KJV Baali = “my lord”
1) a deity in the northern kingdom, variation of the name ‘Baal’)

You say: “So, I appreciate your arguments, I recognize the weight of psychological journals you have on your side. But I for myself am going to have to go with the Scriptures as the revealed word of God on this one.”
No, scripture is not on your side. Your interpretation is on your side. Scripture don’t say selfish in the text. And scripture clearly, in several ways, show the submission is not what you think it is, as I pointed out from scripture. What is more, I already showed that I love scripture about fighting sin and helping people out of it too, scripture you still choose not to discuss because it does not fit in with your one-sided ignore-the-rest-of-scripture argument. Your way of characterizing disagreement with your understanding as disagreement with scripture tells a lot about you, and it isn’t good…