Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gt1104c@prism.gatech.edu (SILVERT,STANLEY DAVID JR) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should a wife work outside the home? Message-ID: Date: 25 Oct 90 06:28:21 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 34 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [Gary Hipp quotes Titus 2:5, which says that women should be workers at home, subject to their husbands. From this he concludes that the Bible has distinct roles for mena women. >The difficulty lies with the >subjective aspect of the woman's role which is usually contrasted >against the responsibility of the man's role. The intention is that >it is to work together as one, not apart individually. --clh] I am extrememly dismayed at how Gary fails to take into account the culture at the time that Paul's letter to Titus was written. I believe that the point Paul is trying to make in this letter is that everyone should accept who he/she is and try to glorify God in the course of their lives. This passage also instructs men to be "temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance." Titus 2:2 (NIV) It is interesting to note that the chapter goes on to talk about how slaves should "subject themselves to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive." (Titus 2:9-10) Because the Bible tells slaves to be submissive, does this mean that slavery is just? Of course not!! We must examine the message that Paul is trying to convey and not get lost in the cultural practices of the time. In my opinion, women must decide how they can best serve God and others. We should remember as Paul says in Galations 3:28, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, MALE NOR FEMALE, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Christ does not care about what role you try to conform to, but that "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus." (Gal 3:26) -- Stan Silvert Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!gt1104c ARPA: gt1104c@prism.gatech.edu