Lin

“Lin – Although I see your point on submission hindering male salvation, that is what 1 Peter 3 seems to be suggesting. Of course, patriarchalists take it too far. Or more correctly, they fail to recoginze the sinful state of the husband (Abraham) and focus on the total submission of the wife (Sarah). So their application of 1 Peter 3 is indeed polluted. But that doesn’t mean 1 Peter 3 has not applicability.”

gengwell, 1 Peter 3 is about living with unbelievers in the world and even in marriage, slave/master relationships, etc. The admonition really starts in chapter 2 starting about verse 13. Interesting how the translators chose to make chapter breaks, huh?

So, If we are discussing abuse from husbands who profess to follow Christ, that makes it a whole other problem. A sin problem with one who professes Christ.

And I always keep in mind for those women who were married to unbelievers in the 1st century, they could not exactly go down the Ephesus women’s shelter. Are you suggesting that women married to those who do NOT profess Christ but are abusive should stay in abuse?

By the way, how do comps deal with the ‘head’ issue when the husband is abusive? Is he her “head” (authority) when he is beating her up?