Q1. Wives and Husbands

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Q1. (Colossians 3:18-19) Why do you think Paul chose these directions to give to wives and husbands  considering all the things he could have said? Why is true submission difficult for wives? Why is unselfish love difficult for husbands? What prompts harshness in a husband  is the cause inner or outer?

 

I Suppose that there were being some problems  in Colossae with an issue  between husbands and wives that Paul  had been  told about. Possibly the freedom that was preached by Paul and others that people had in  their faith in Christ. After all Paul  did teach "  There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" This teaching seemed to set people, women especially.on fire and they would tend to act with reckless abandon.

 

Woman are human and Paul preaches freedom .  In Paul's day this freedom was new and women probably  had trouble handling the new situation. Women today, young women have had considerable for a generation and a half. (since WWII)   They have been their own woman all their life and now have no notion of being submissive.

 

Unselfish love is hard for most people  as we usually think of our selves first. We must learn the love of Christ and apply his motive- love the lord your God and your neighbour as yourself.