p. 2 | 1 Peter 3:6

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 12, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 36.

Read as in the Revised Version: "As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror," or, as the margin reads, "and are not afraid with any terror." The text simply shows the ordinary respect of a loving, dutiful wife of the Oriental countries at that time. The word "lord" is not used in the sense of a divine being at all, but one who is the head of the household. "Whose children ye now are" means children of Abraham; rather, it means children of faith, for "if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Those who are children of Christ, who are faithful to God, are not those who are serving Him from slavish fear or terror. They serve Him from love; they do not feel that they are under slavish restraint. The whole passage, verses 1-7, is instruction to both husband and wife which, if carried out by each to the glory of God, would bring blessing to every family. That blessing will never come, however, by the husband's feeling that he must be sponsor of his wife's duty, or the wife that she is the one who is to control the husband and mark out his duty. The instruction to the wife is addressed to the wife, not to the wife through the husband; and the instruction to the husband is addressed to the husband, not to the husband through the wife. Let each one take it as from the Lord, and there will be no difficulty.

1 Peter 3:6

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