I think the mistreatment of women is a corruption of God's original intent concerning the relationship between a man and a woman as husband and wife.
In Eph 5:21, all believers are instructed Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Then in Eph 5:22-24, the wife is instructed Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing .
(Even though the wife is instructed to submit, this does not mean the wife is a doormat to be trampled upon)
Then in Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it
(the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church, and when the husband loves his wife as Christ loves the church, the wife finds it much easier to submit as instructed in Eph 5:22-24)
In 1 Peter 3:7, the husband is instructed to honor his wife:
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
I love that verse ... being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
And being the "weaker vessel" does not mean women are not strong. Think of fine crystal as opposed to everyday glassware. The fine china is wonderful as long as it is used properly. But if misused, it can break easily ... not because it has no purpose, but because someone mishandled it and didn't care for it properly.
In Eph 5:21, all believers are instructed Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Then in Eph 5:22-24, the wife is instructed Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing .
(Even though the wife is instructed to submit, this does not mean the wife is a doormat to be trampled upon)
Then in Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it
(the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church, and when the husband loves his wife as Christ loves the church, the wife finds it much easier to submit as instructed in Eph 5:22-24)
In 1 Peter 3:7, the husband is instructed to honor his wife:
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
I love that verse ... being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
And being the "weaker vessel" does not mean women are not strong. Think of fine crystal as opposed to everyday glassware. The fine china is wonderful as long as it is used properly. But if misused, it can break easily ... not because it has no purpose, but because someone mishandled it and didn't care for it properly.
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