I know there is a passage in the bible somewhere that says something about a man, once he is married, is supposed to put his wife before anything. Or...something along these lines...Thanks in advance
2007-10-21 10:57:16 · 8 answers · asked by candicekellie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This maybe?
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
2007-10-21 11:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Edge's" quote (first post) of Genesis 2:24 is probably the closest to what you are asking.
Another verse on the same subject (but different wording) that supports the idea is Ephesians 5:25-33, (which quotes Gen 2:24)
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
2007-10-21 18:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible speaks of husbands loving and respecting their wives, but does not say to put her before everything. The Lord should be the centre of a Christian marriage.
2007-10-21 18:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ephesians 5:23-25
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
2007-10-21 18:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jessica K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the Bible doesn't say that. Rather Jesus said, :
"I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life." Luke 18:29,30
According to Jesus, one's family is secondary to the ministry of the gospel.
2007-10-21 19:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ephesians 5:
Says something like, Husbands love your wives as Jesus loved the Church.
2007-10-21 18:06:29 · answer #6 · answered by Truth B. Told ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in one of St. Paul's letters. It calls for mutual submission of a man and his wife to one another out of love.
2007-10-21 18:02:28 · answer #7 · answered by Bob N 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are thinking that in a household the woman puts God first, her husband second, children third and herself last.
The husband puts god first, wife second...etc.
dont know where it is.
2007-10-21 18:05:08 · answer #8 · answered by Sheriff of R&S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋