• I Peter 3:7
    • Treat your wife in an understanding way.
    • Treat her as you would a weaker vessel.
      • Compare Galatians 4:14.
    • Show her honor.
  • Evaluation
    • Did he act in keeping with God’s law?
    • What would Christ do?
  • The responsibilities of a wife
    • Proverbs 14:1
    • How does God-given authority work?
      • The wife is subject to the husband.
        • Titus 2:4-5
        • Genesis 3:16
      • Being under authority does not mean one is inferior in value
        • Genesis 2:18,20
        • Psalm 115:9-11; John 14:26
        • I Corinthians 11:3; Philippians 2:5-7
      • Rebelling against a God-given leader is rebellion against God
        • Numbers 16:3, 28; I Samuel 8:7
        • Romans 13:2