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‘Now, if one specific woman were in view, then I trust you will agree that the plural ‘they’ would more likely refer to a husband together with his wife than anything else. But, as I’ve already argued, husbands and wives are not in view here.’

Chris, why does it matter if wives and husbands in general are not in view since Paul is NOT talking about wives and husbands but rather a specific couple?

If Paul is talking about a specific couple, then yeah, all wives and husbands in general are NOT going to be in view because in view is the specific couple.