Category Archives: New Testament

Ephesians 5:28

He who loves his wife loves himself. Women do not necessarily want to be liberated from male leadership, only from bad male leadership.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common License. You can … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband.  IN the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Marriage is a mutual yielding of everything that … Continue reading

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Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives. Whoever first said this is right:  the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common License. … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 15:58

Stand firm.  Let nothing move you.  Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. One of the best gifts a godly man can give his family is a sense of stability in this unstable world.  ~ Dr T. … Continue reading

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Ephesians 5:24

You wives must willingly obey your husbands in everything, just as the Church obeys Christ.  And your husbands, show the same kind of love to your wives as Christ showed the Church when he died for her. Marriage is a … Continue reading

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Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Fathers, do not neglect the spiritual rearing of your children.  That is your responsibility.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 13:7

Love…believes all things, hopes all things. When husbands are critical of their wives, I say, “OK, she has a problem.  What is your strategy for helping her to overcome it?”  They usually do not have one.  Don’t criticize, strategize!   ~ … Continue reading

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Ephesians 4:22

Be made new in the attitude of your minds; and… put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. If you are married and nothing has changed in your agenda, you had better look … Continue reading

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Ephesians 5:2

Liva a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. In the end, the truth about love is simple but biblical: Talk is cheap.  Love is … Continue reading

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Ephesians 5:31

And the two will become one flesh. I have never heard so much “my money, your money” talk between husbands and wives as I am hearing today.  But the Bible makes it clear that “the two shall become one flesh.”  … Continue reading

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