WOMEN ONLY: In an ideal world, you would chose both, yes, but let us say for the sake of this question that you can only have ONE of the following, which would you choose:
With your peers, co-workers, and friend, LOVE, or RESPECT
With your children, LOVE, or RESPECT
With your spouse, LOVE, or RESPECT
(If you are wondering why this is in this category, this is a test in reference to Ephesians chapter 5, thank you for your serious responses.)
2007-04-03 22:02:39 · 26 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Love X 3 because with real love comes respect!
2007-04-03 22:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would choose respect with peers, co-workers, and friends. These are people whose love I don't necessarily need in order to have a successful relationship.
As for children and my spouse, I would rather have love. It would really suck to have no respect, but so be it. With children, many don't always respect their parents, but they still love them. As for a spouse, that's a relationship in which respect wouldn't be enough to keep me happy (although lack of respect might be bad too).
If I had to choose one to apply to ALL relationships (all categories), I would choose love.
2007-04-03 22:20:06 · answer #2 · answered by eastchic2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I chose Respect
Without respect there is no lasting love
From peers, from children, from my spouse
2007-04-04 03:31:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With your peers, co-workers, and friend: RESPECT
With your children: RESPECT
With your spouse: LOVE
I grew up in a house where I experienced neither love nor respect, and as a consequence I feel neither love or respect for my parents.
I have no children but I do have a husband who I love dearly and respect more than all other people combined. I know he loves and respects me, but his love is more important to me than his respect.
2007-04-03 22:20:08 · answer #4 · answered by Velouria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ephesians chapter 5 is meant for true born again Christians who can understand this with love. This is a warning to stay away from the ungodly heathens and the evil in the world that are not of God. We Christians can witness to these types and hope to win their souls for Jesus but we are not to hang out with them while they indulge themselves in sin. We are only to fellowship with people who are of God and live by His word. We are to love each other in Christ and respect our co-workers, etc. but have no fellowship with them if they are of the world and not of God.
2007-04-03 22:36:47 · answer #5 · answered by Dakota Lynn Takes Gun 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coworkers= Respect, I dont need you to love me, I dont even need you to like, you can hate me for all I care, but as long as we respect each other in the work place, I am good. RIGHT!!
Children= Respect, lets face it even if your kids love you it doesnt mean they are gonna respect you, I mean there are some bad *** kids out there that dont listen to their parents because there is a lack of respect for their age and wisdom, but if something were to happen to their parents they would be the first to cry. So respect for my children, because love comes natural between a child and their parents.
Spouse- Respect, because first of all you wouldnt be married if you didnt love each other, and as long as there is respect between us for one anothers words, thoughts, and conditions then I think thats all a marriage needs.
2007-04-11 21:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by Fate 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be interested to read the book "Love and Respect" by Emerson Eggerichs, a Christian book about the marriage relationship. You can find the author's website at www.loveandrespect.com.
2007-04-11 16:18:04 · answer #7 · answered by Rella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to answser both-you can't choose jsut the one because without love,how can you respect someone?
God HAS given us the ideal "world" as far as this choice is concerned so love of one's fellowman goes hand in hand with respect. I can't do one without the other even though some people are hard to love and hard to respect-we have to do it with His agape love, we cannot love the unlovable in and of ourselves-it is virtually impossible, same with respect.
2007-04-11 18:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by marlynembrindle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Respect alone would be a very lonely bitter pill to swallow. Love without respect is meaningless, just blind emotion.
I could never love someone if I did not respect them.
To be honest, I cannot separate the two. It is like trying to separate yin from yang. It just does not work. IMHO of course.
2007-04-03 22:29:01 · answer #9 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WITH ALL.......LOVE.
Except for spouse; bc' the scripture does say that a man is to LOVE his wife, and the wife is to RESPECT the man. SO< being a wife; I wouldn't be able to choose on the marriage issue. BUT! LOVE; when pure and agape, can be then all-encompassing.
Greatest is LOVE!~
IN Christ,
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2007-04-03 22:15:04 · answer #10 · answered by º§€V€Nº 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋