Originally posted by dyajeep
you said ---what is the point then? if it has nothing to do with the argument at hand, then what am i supposed to argue? 😕
i'll be waiting for Breno to refute my interpretation about I Peter 3:7... Breno, prove that i'm out of context...
really funny how you purposely ignore the racist comment though... well, it's a slap on your face, Breno, to be corrected in spelling by a foreigner... 😉
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Wow! Nothing better to do?
Firstly, I wasn't talking about your interpretation of 1 Peter 3:7. I was mainly talking about a previous post by another individual. I responded to you directly after you picked a hole in my ability to spell. However, since you have requested a more learned interpretation of the formentioned scripture I shall endeavour to enlighten you.
In Peter's day an earthen vessel was a highly valued tool and an integral part of day to day living, in much the same way a mains water pipe is for us in our day and age. A wonderful luxury that many of us take for granted. So imagine if your vessel (some of which were 2 metres high) had a few hair line cracks in it, how carful are you going to be with it? You're going to be a bit more gentle with it otherwise what you've put in may not reach it's destination.
So after encouraging the women about the virtues of being submissive. Peter diplomatically and poetically warnes the men that they need to respect their wives if they are to be sure that their prayers will reach their destination unhindered.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
This scripture has nothing to with women being weaker at all, it's an encouragement for men to be stronger. There are so many rubbish translations of the bible around it's no wonder that people don't understand it
And by the way I am a foreigner too