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| Chapter V.—The duties of husbands and wives.
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wives" title="95" id="v.viii.v-p1.1"/>Flee evil arts; but all the more
discourse in public regarding them.1091
| 1091 Some insert μή, and render,
“rather do not even speak of them.” | Wives, duties of" title="95" id="v.viii.v-p2.2"/>Speak to my sisters, that they love the
Lord, and be satisfied with their husbands both in the flesh and spirit.
In like manner also, exhort my
brethren, in the name of Jesus Christ, that they love their wives, even
as the Lord the Church.1092
If any one can continue in a state of purity,1093
to the honour of Him who is Lord of the flesh,1094
| 1094 Some render, “to the honour of the
flesh of the Lord,” as in the longer recension. | let him
so remain without boasting. If he begins to boast, he is undone; and if
he reckon himself greater than the bishop, he is ruined. But it becomes both men and women who marry, to form
their union with the approval of the bishop, that their marriage may be
according to God, and not after their own lust. Let all things be done to
the honour of God.1095
wives" title="95" id="v.viii.v-p7.1"/>Flee evil arts; but all the more
discourse in public regarding them. Wives, duties of" title="95" id="v.viii.v-p7.2"/>Speak to my sisters, that they love the
Lord, and be satisfied with their husbands both in the flesh and spirit.
In like manner also, exhort my
brethren, in the name of Jesus Christ, that they love their wives, even
as the Lord the Church. If any one can continue in a state of purity,1096
to the honour of the flesh of the Lord, let him so remain without
boasting. If he shall boast, he is undone; and if he seeks to be more
prominent1097
| 1097 Literally,
“if he be known beyond the bishop.” | than the
bishop, he is ruined. But it becomes both men
and women who marry, to form their union with the approval of the bishop,
that their marriage may be according to the Lord, and not after their own
lust. Let all things be done to the honour of God.1098
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