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Hard question January 7, 2013 · 22:23 · 12 min

Rebuttal of the sexism proof: context, marriage, and responsibility

  • What does 'the weaker partner' mean in 1 Peter 3:7?
  • Does 'head of the household' mean authority or responsibility?

The hosts push back on the proof point by point: the proof author is ignorant of what the verses mean, and the rest of the Bible humbles men too — worth comes from having a Savior who died, for men and women alike. They walk through 1 Peter 3:7's 'weaker partner' as a potter's fine-china analogy (delicate, valuable, treated with special care, not abused), Ephesians 5's call for husbands to love like Christ loved the church (an awesome, humbling responsibility), and the Corinthian context (men and women seated apart, shouting questions across the room, so 'be silent' addressed disorder). Headship is framed as responsibility for the marriage covenant, not authority, citing Malachi 2 and Proverbs 2. They argue abusive readings come from misunderstanding Christ, not from misunderstanding gender roles. Comedy bits punctuate: the Roman 'pater familius' spelling bee, Dan's purple t-shirt and 'Barney' birthday-party singing, and a caveman-club submission gag. The Onyx 2 women weigh in: God calls us to out-serve each other, and God doesn't keep score.

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