16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16)We have here the sentence passed upon the woman for her sin. Two things she is condemned to: a state of sorrow, and a state of subjection, proper punishments of a sin in which she had gratified her pleasure and her pride. I. She is here put into a state of sorrow, one particular of which only is specified, that in bringing forth children; but it includes all those impressions of grief and fear whi…
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