Christian Courtship ❤ ❥ Guidelines to Godly Husband : A Godly Husband should be God fearing, as the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Psa 111:10, Pro 1:7; 9:10), so that he may discern the will of Yahweh (Pro 14:8, Rom 12:2) be a prudent man who is able to lead his family both practically and spiritually in the ways of Yahweh (for a call to prudence, see, for example, Pro 10:5; 13:16; 14:8; 15:5 and 24; 22:3, and also Amos 5:15; for leadership, see Gen 3:16 as well as Tit 2 and 1Cor 11:3) ), so that it might be well with him and his children after him (Deu 4:40; 5:33; 6:3 and 18; Jer 7:23), so that he can present his wife unblemished on the last day (Eph 5:25-27), and so that his house may be faithful even after his death, that he can say confidently with Joshuah As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord (Jos 24:15). teach his children in the way they should go, day and night (Deu 6:7; 11:19; Psa 78:5; Pro 22:6) be able to support his own, so that he may not be worse than an infidel (1Ti 5:8) ❤ ❥ Guidelines to Godly Wife : A Godly Wife should be God fearing as the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Psa 111:10, Pro 1:7; 9:10; 31:30), so that she may know about her role as a wife and mother (references will follow below) and learn quietly in all submissiveness (1Ti 2:11) be submissive to her husband, i.e. follow his lead practically and spiritually (Titus 2:5, 1Pe 3:5-6), and love her husband and their children (Titus 2:4) be willing and able to run her husbands household affairs prudently, economically, readily and effectively, so that he can safely trust her with this task (Pro 31:10-31) be modest and pure (1Ti 2:9-10, Tit 2:5, 1Pe 3:3-4)
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