1 Peter 3:1-6
1 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
The call to submit is primary in the life of any Christian. To submit to God and to submit each other. Here, submission is looked at within the context of a marriage relationship.
Submission Is not:
- Being a Doormat
- Being a Yes person
- Unthinking slavery
- An excuse for abuse
- Witness of the reality of God
- Proof of the validity of the scriptures
- Inward beauty
- Purity
- Reverence
- Gentlenes
- Quiet spirit
Thought For Today
Submission is me choosing you … and that is a God thing
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