"My attention keeps coming back to the related phrase, 'so that'. Wives
are to be submissive 'so that' their husbands will be won over."
are to be submissive 'so that' their husbands will be won over."
She goes on to list several scriptures in 1 Peter where the phrase 'so that' occurs. I have left these out because I would like you to mark them for yourselves today. Of course if you need a little help you can always peruse the discussion board to try and find the post I am referring to. :)
ASSIGNMENT:
- Quickly review all of 1 Peter.
- Refer to your marking key and mark all the instances of 'so that' you run across.
- Take some time to look back over what you have marked and see if any new correlations jump out at you.
This is what our onliner discovered...
"All these uses of 'so that' or something similar seem to me to describe lives lived on behalf of others rather than for self, just as Christ did in his own life and death. Maybe seeing the submission command to wives in this broader context helps to take the sting out of what seems like a harsh requirement on its own."
