Egalitarian forum doesn’t mean wishful thinking forum. The belief is well founded.
Christ planted the seeds of mutuality in marriage and of empowering women and children and the underling.
“Christ left an example, that you should follow in his steps. ‘He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.’ When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly…now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls”, 1 Peter 2:21-25
“In like manner…”
Paul used the Greek word “
hupotasso” for what is rendered “subject or submit” and is a Greek military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion under the command of a leader”.
OR
In non-military use,it was "a voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden".
Hupotasso Meaning in Bible - New Testament Greek Lexicon - New American Standard
Using the military definition of the word “The wife stands behind her husband in all things when her husband stands behind Christ”.
In the non-military meaning, “a voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden.”
In relationship to family “A wife cooperates and assumes responsibility with her husband to carry their burden with Christ.” Ephesians 5:22-24
“Husbands, dwell with your spouse according to the gospel knowledge. This knowledge that you have, I want you to honour the wife, because you will be heirs together in the grace of life.” 1 Peter 3:7
After singling out slaves and exhorting them to be submissive to their masters and patiently endure unjust punishment Peter then moved on to Christian wives who had unsaved husbands. Wives that were seeking to win husbands to the Lord Jesus.
They were going about it the wrong way and Peter corrected them in that. Those husbands were not people who would listen to reason about the gospel so the best sermon was preached by example.
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 behaviour of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 1 Peter 3:1-2
The pious living being promoted didn't depend on outer adornment to effect the change like they did before they were saved. They were instructed not to appeal to their husband's depraved nature to try to convert them to Christ. 1 Peter 3:3-4
Kosmos - adornment - is the opposite of chaos. Her adornment was to be in keeping with her Christian status. Knowing oneself in one's new nature, the character that proceeds from the heart. So in keeping with her Christian status the way was to confront the husband not with the world but with the Saviour so as not to feed his sin nature but rather appeal to the unbeliever’s conscience from the inner spiritual being. Romans 12:2
No one can serve 2 masters. The term lord referred to near relatives, father, mother etc while John uses the same Greek word to refer to the 'elect lady' in his epistle. "As long as the believing wives are doing good, they need not be afraid with any sudden terror of the account which their unbelieving husbands may exact from them" 1 Peter 3:6-7
Since my opinion is that Paul placed himself in the role of the Heavenly Father to formulate his revelation of Christ and the church as His bride to Himself as Husband, I believe that to be about spiritual fruitfulness compared to spiritual barrenness. The Father would have that we all bear spiritual children for Him. Not to do so would imply deadness, lack of usefulness to God’s plan. Paul detailed that to include himself by referring to his own spiritual children.
Ye shall no longer call me master but shall call me husband. The mastering of the world was complete in the golden age of Babylon, referred to as the king of kings. Lose of mastery came in stages with finally iron attempting to mix with clay.
The King of kings and the Lord of lords came forth as the redeemer and shepherd of the soul, a solid rock to build on, who's strength crushes the many into dust and makes one of His own.
God used one woman Tamar to bring in the scarlet thread in the line of Judah,
one woman Hannah to inagurate the Nazarite,
one woman Ruth to reconcile kinship,
one woman Mary to produce the promise in human form.
and one woman Priscila to give the high priestly interpretation.
Consider that well.
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