| HUSBAND'S
ROLE |
WIFE'S
ROLE |
| to
Be, as Christ... |
to
Be, as unto Christ... |
| to
Love as Christ Loves |
to
love him, as unto Christ |
| to
Be as Christ Is |
to
be to him, as unto Christ |
| to
Give as Christ Gives |
to
give to him, as unto Christ |
To
Be One
as
the Father and Son are One
as
Christ and the Church are One
as
the Bride and Bridegroom
in
God - as God intended |
To
Be One with him
as
the Father and Son are One
as
Christ and the Church are One
as
the Bride and Bridegroom
in
God - as God intended |
To
Dwell in Him (as our Dwelling Place)
to
Abide in Him
to
Be in Him |
To
Dwell in him, as unto Christ
to
abide in him, as unto Christ
to
be in him, as unto Christ |
To
Walk in Him
as
the Light
as
the Way
as
the Truth
as
the Life
as
the Spirit
...in
order to be these things for her |
To
Walk in him, as unto Christ
as
unto the Light
as
unto the Way
as
unto the Truth
as
unto the Life
as
unto the Spirit
...in
order to be these things for him |
To
Be to her what Christ is
to the Church
(to fulfill His purpose) |
To
Be unto him as she is to Be
unto the Lord
(according to His purpose) |
"Giving thanks always
for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear
of God. 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 the saviour
of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in ever thing. Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word, that He might present
it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth his wife loveth himself."
This
is God's plan for Marriage - for Life.
 
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