In marriage, mutual respect and love are essential, with each partner seeking to honor and please the other. According to 1 Corinthians 7:3-5, husbands and wives have a sacred responsibility to fulfill each other's needs. A wife's gentle and respectful demeanor, as described in 1 Peter 3:1, can have a profound impact on her relationship with her husband. The virtuous woman in Proverbs 31:12 is a shining example of one who brings good to her household, while 1 Peter 3:7 reminds husbands to treat their wives with understanding and honor, and Hebrews 13:4 emphasizes the importance of maintaining the marriage bond with dignity and respect.
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The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife, and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her