O marido
A Bíblia define o papel do marido com clareza: amar a esposa como Cristo amou a Igreja, ser fiel, protetor e líder servo no lar.
Amar como Cristo amou
Maridos, amai vossas mulheres como Cristo amou a Igreja e se entregou por ela. O amor do marido deve ser sacrificial e incondicional.
Fidelidade conjugal
O casamento é honroso e o leito conjugal é santo. O marido deve ser fiel à esposa da sua juventude em pensamento e ação.
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.16 Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.19 A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.20 Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
Convivência com sabedoria
O marido sábio vive com a esposa com entendimento, dando-lhe honra como co-herdeira da graça. A união conjugal reflete Cristo e a Igreja.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
9 Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which He hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a great good, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.'