Quaint, Quiet or Queasy?
Questions for Home Groups or Private Reflection
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You may need to remind yourselves of other key relevant passages like Eph 5.22-33, Col 3.18-24.
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What is common to all these passages?
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You may need to remind each other of the important background stuff on ‘the new Roman woman’.
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Let those who are married/have been married say what first attracted them to their spouse, and what would now be important in maintaining the ‘attraction’.
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How do you respond to verse 3-4 – the ‘beauty’ stuff?
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Is Peter suggesting a 21st Century wife should call her husband ‘lord’ or ‘master’? If not, what can that verse mean for today?
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V7 Rephrase this so that it says what you want from a 21st Century man – without contradicting it of course!
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Why does there always seem to be more advice for women than men in these passages?