Re: How to be a Good True Christian™ Wife
Sisters, I thank you to your help. It seems wrong to me, but by the same token.....he is my husband. How do I guide him to seeing this without enraging him? This is a delicate matter. I do not want to go to hell, but I am worried that whatever I do here I will go to hell - either by refusing my husband or by partaking in sinful carnal acts. I have attempted this conversation with my husband but he has quoted Ephesians at me. 4:16 to be precise, "by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love"
I truly wish this to be true, as the bible tells me both that this is a sin, but that to deny my husband anything is also a sin. I will ray on this matter, but I must accept until then that I will be beaten for my discomfort on the matter. This is not a sufficient reason for divorce, at times like this I wish I had a Christian community here in Ireland so that I would havpe a pastor I could approach and speak too.
I do not understand how both paths are a sin, this is a matter that is much more complicated then I can understand,
1 Corinthians Chapter 7
"And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace."
My husband does not want me to leave, nor do I wish to divorce or lose my children, it is also*a sin to do those
Matthew 12:25
"kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand"
It does say any sexual relations beyond procreation are a sin, this is very true, Jude 1:7 says it quite well, "manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire"
However, there is also the inflict within martial obligations, such as
Hebrews 13:4 "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge"
And for the husband is the head
Ephesians 5:22 "women, submit yourselves u to your husband, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and he is saviour of the body"
But it also tells me 1 Corinthians 7:2 "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband"
This is a very troubling matter, I fear either way I am doomed. Does anyone have advice for how I can speak with my husband on this, that does not result in my being beaten and his taking what he wants regardless? I do not want to burn in hell.
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I do not understand how both paths are a sin, this is a matter that is much more complicated then I can understand,

1 Corinthians Chapter 7
"And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace."
My husband does not want me to leave, nor do I wish to divorce or lose my children, it is also*a sin to do those
Matthew 12:25
"kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand"
It does say any sexual relations beyond procreation are a sin, this is very true, Jude 1:7 says it quite well, "manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire"
However, there is also the inflict within martial obligations, such as
Hebrews 13:4 "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge"
And for the husband is the head
Ephesians 5:22 "women, submit yourselves u to your husband, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and he is saviour of the body"
But it also tells me 1 Corinthians 7:2 "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband"
This is a very troubling matter, I fear either way I am doomed. Does anyone have advice for how I can speak with my husband on this, that does not result in my being beaten and his taking what he wants regardless? I do not want to burn in hell.
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