Eph. V, 28. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph. V, 33. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Titus II, 4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children.
5. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
4. Duty of Parents to their Children.
(1.) To provide for them.
2 Cor. XII, 14. Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
1 Tim. V, 8. But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
(2.) To administer needful correction.
Heb. XII, 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?