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| | A '''wife''' is the [[female]] partner in a [[marriage]]. Her male counterpart is her [[husband]]. | | A '''wife''' is the [[female]] partner in a [[marriage]]. Her male counterpart is her [[husband]]. |
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| − | ==Ephesians== | + | ==Bible quotes== |
| | Wives are mentioned several times in the book of [[Ephesians]]. | | Wives are mentioned several times in the book of [[Ephesians]]. |
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| − | "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing." Ephesians 5:22-24 | + | *"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing." Ephesians 5:22-24 |
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| − | "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" Ephesians 5:25 | + | *"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" Ephesians 5:25 |
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| − | "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." Ephesians 5:33 | + | *"Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." Ephesians 5:33 |
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| | + | Other quotes about women and marriage: |
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| | + | *"I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander." [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Tim++5:14 1 Tim. 5:14] |
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| | [[Category:Sociology]] | | [[Category:Sociology]] |
| | [[Category:Marriage]] | | [[Category:Marriage]] |