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Divorce, Remarriage, and the Apostle Paul’s Wife with Dr. Matthew Colvin

That’ll Preach

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The Unknown and the West

A letter from a Roman husband to his wife reveals the very loose marriage law of Greco-Roman society. The mind kind of boggles what would a mother think on receiving a command of that sort from a husband in a society where she doesn't really have any power to support her husband's wishes. That's important for us to remember that we're swimming in egalitarian and largely feminist societies. We would characterize much of women's societies abusive of women. And that's one of the reasons why women converted in droves to Christian. But let's go back to chapter seven verse 12, but to the best. Not talking now to the unknown and to the west, I say, not the

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