1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in just the same way, be considerate to your wives as you live together with them. Though she may not be as strong as you are, you should honor her since she will inherit equally with you God's gift of life. Make sure to do this so nothing will get in the way of your prayers.
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Genesis 2:23“Finally!” said Adam. “Here is bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.”
Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
Matthew 5:23If you're at the altar making an offering, and remember that your brother has something against you,
Matthew 19:3Some Pharisees came to test him. “Is a man allowed to divorce his wife for any reason?” they asked.
1 Corinthians 7:3The husband should meet his wife's sexual needs, and the wife her husband's.
Ephesians 3:6that foreigners are joint heirs, part of the same body, and in Christ Jesus share together in the promise through the good news.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:2-8
Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet… Read the whole commentary →