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WHO SHOULD SHOW HONOR?
Praise God, we don’t have to live in the dark. God shows us clearly in His Word how he wants us to live as a married couple. The Bible tells us that we the husband and wife are both to show honor to one another. Let’s check this out, shall we?Ephesians 5:33: “The wife see that she reverence her husband.” The word reverence means “to be in awe, to revere.” We get the full meaning as we read the Amplified Classic version of the Bible: “However, let each man of you (without exception) love his wife as (being in a sense) his very own self and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband (that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly.” Wow!
Well, what about the man? Yes, He is commanded to show honor also. He does not get off the hook, but it’s a different kind of honor. 1 Peter 3:7 directs the husband: “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
The word “honor” in this passage means “to buy with a price, the highest degree, valuable, esteem, dignity, preciousness.” It is the same word used of the “preciousness” of Christ (1 Peter 2:7). The husband must see his wife as his most precious and valuable possession and honor her in the highest degree. Many men are ignorant of this because of the brainwashing of feminism. Feminism takes away the beauty of femininity. They pressure women to be like men. Therefore, when men no longer see women as a prized possession to be protected and cared for, they do not know how to function correctly.
Husbands must esteem their wife as the weaker vessel. Now I know some women don’t like to be put in that category. But this is the truth. I think I am a strong woman physically. I’ve carried heavy boxes of Above Rubies for years. I carry 50 lb. bags of grains easily. But I am not as strong as men and I’m grateful for my husband being able to carry really heavy loads. Men mostly have 50 percent more brute strength than women. They are built with more muscle, broader shoulders, and stronger physique to lift heavy weights, do hard work, provide, and protect.
I like Fenton’s translation which says: “assigning honour to their FEMININE NATURE, as to a weaker vessel.” It works both ways. We as wives show awe and honor to our husbands. Conversely, our husbands are to treat us with dignity and as they would their most precious possession.
The more we embrace and walk in our femininity, the easier it is for our husbands to treat us this way.
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
