Since the Bible is full of 'Wives, submit...'.
2006-12-04 08:04:00 · 33 answers · asked by strpenta 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is what the Bible says...
1 Corinthians 7:12-15
"...If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know husband, whether you will save your wife?"
(The rest of the chapter talks about it more)
Best of luck.
2006-12-04 08:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Consuming Fire 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
If a Christian woman marries a Christian man, then the man turns into an atheist, what should she do?
Said Paul: “If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and yet she is agreeable to dwelling with him, let him not leave her; and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and yet he is agreeable to dwelling with her, let her not leave her husband. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in relation to his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in relation to the brother; otherwise, your children would really be unclean, but now they are holy. But if the unbelieving one proceeds to depart, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not in servitude under such circumstances, but God has called you to peace. For, wife, how do you know but that you will save your husband? Or, husband, how do you know but that you will save your wife?”—1 Cor. 7:12-16.
The Scriptures, therefore, lay the primary emphasis on not breaking the marriage tie. If it is to be broken, the Christian should endeavor not to be the one that makes the break. However, if the unbeliever separates, the Christian would let him depart.
There are distinct advantages in remaining together, even if it is one’s lot to live in a religiously divided household. A Christian believer may win his or her mate over to Christianity. Surely the unbeliever is in an advantageous position, for he is in touch with true Christianity as practiced by his mate. Eunice, the mother of Timothy, was married to a man who did not profess Christianity. The Scriptures do not indicate that she left him. Instead, we must conclude that she remained with her husband, all the while imparting instruction to Timothy and aiding the young lad to become a true Christian. (2 Tim. 1:5) The Bible does not say that Timothy’s father ever became a Christian, but apparently separation never blighted the union of Timothy’s parents.
2006-12-04 08:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by jvitne 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
its a good q
"If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace" 1cor 7:12-15
but dear if he dosen't want to divroce as the bible says
"Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives."
show him christ in you and believe God will change him.
we have a promise "believe in the lord Jesus, and you be saved- you and your house hold" act 16: 19-23
2006-12-04 08:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by lilly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pray for him. But don't force anything into him. Still respect him, and do what the Bible says for wives to do. Pray for him. Be a good example. Talk to him about it, ask him what made him go atheist. Oh, and did I mention that you should pray for him?
2006-12-04 08:16:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dmitriy B 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, you still have freedom of religion, so continue growing in your faith and serving the Lord. Your "atheist" husband was only a nominal Christian to begin with---never a true believer. Perhaps he claimed to be one to get you to marry him. If he is content to live with you, then continue with him. If he leaves, you are not bound to him. Don't let him drag you down.
2006-12-04 08:12:44 · answer #5 · answered by mediocritis 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
She must pray for him. He is lost and he needs Jesus to be his shepherd and lead him home. The wife needs to be an example of what it means to be Christian. It will be hard on the marriage for a while, but as a Christian and a wife she has to be there for the husband.
God bless,
Stanbo
2006-12-04 08:17:02 · answer #6 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A woman is only bound to submit to her hubby as long as he is following God's will. She cannot however, leave him. If he tries to leave her, she must allow him to go.
Let me also say, Anyone who is truly christian and givn their life to the Lord, will not turn athiest. If a person "turns" athiest, they were never sincerely in a Christian walk.
2006-12-04 08:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by jhvnmt 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If he is still willing to live with you, you should remain married to him. By doing so, God can use you as a believing wife to show him his sin and bring him to repentance. You now have a unique role that no one else in the world has. You are the wife of a man who is rejecting the love of God, and you are in a position that God can use you to witness to your husband.
2006-12-04 08:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by d8 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
1 Corinthians 7: 10-16: "To the married people I give instructions, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not depart from her husband; 11 but if she should actually depart, let her remain unmarried or else make up again with her husband; and a husband should not leave his wife.
12 But to the others I say, yes, I, not the Lord: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and yet she is agreeable to dwelling with him, let him not leave her; 13 and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and yet he is agreeable to dwelling with her, let her not leave her husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in relation to [his] wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in relation to the brother; otherwise, YOUR children would really be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving one proceeds to depart, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not in servitude under such circumstances, but God has called YOU to peace. 16 For, wife, how do you know but that you will save [your] husband? Or, husband, how do you know but that you will save [your] wife?"
Matthew 19: 3-9: " And Pharisees came up to him, intent on tempting him and saying: “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on every sort of ground?” 4 In reply he said: “Did YOU not read that he who created them from [the] beginning made them male and female 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will stick to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’? 6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has yoked together let no man put apart.” 7 They said to him: “Why, then, did Moses prescribe giving a certificate of dismissal and divorcing her?” 8 He said to them: “Moses, out of regard for YOUR hardheartedness, made the concession to YOU of divorcing YOUR wives, but such has not been the case from [the] beginning. 9 I say to YOU that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, and marries another commits adultery.”
Matthew 5:31 & 32: "“Moreover it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 However, I say to YOU that everyone divorcing his wife, except on account of fornication, makes her a subject for adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery"
Just some things to think about.
2006-12-04 08:21:27 · answer #9 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If this man was truly a Christian then he will not become an atheist. If he turns his back on God, you, as a Christian must stay faithfull to Christ. Keep your man in your prayers. If he will not "allow" you to worship then you will need to seek counciling from your pastor as to how to work thru this suitation.
2006-12-04 08:11:26 · answer #10 · answered by beebra 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋