"Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. Do not let your adornment be merely outward... rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God."
I Peter 3:1-4
This passage spoke to me today - it would be so easy to take this passage at face value "for wives only", but since we live in am equal opportunity society and I value my relationship with my wife.....
Image for a moment what our witness would be like if we were so submissive to Christ that our actions spoke enough to point others to Christ, or if we focused on the "hidden person of the heart with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit". I wish that my actions always displayed that the desire of my heart was to be "very precious in the sight of God".
I think that I like the narrow-minded version better!
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