“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church
and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with
water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church,
without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this
same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves
his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed
and care for their body, just as Christ does the church” (Eph. 5:25-29).
Note the last verse. The KJV says “nourishes and cherishes.”
In Ephesians 6, Paul says that children are to be nurtured
and admonished.
Wives are to be nourished and cherished.
Children are to be nourished and admonished. You must admonish your
children. You must cherish your wife.
You may not admonish your wife. If there is some
moral infraction on her part, then you should handle it in the light of Galatians 6:1:
“Brothers, if someone is caught in sin, you who are
spiritual restore him gently. But watch yourself or you may be tempted.”
If the infraction is not immoral or heretical, you may not
do this, either.
Leave A Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.