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Peter left her to serve the lord and never came back. Paul was also very likely married in his culture, he left as well and became single. Neither man is a hypocrite, they faithfully followed this instruction: “but this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none.” (1 Cor. 7:29) Therefore he might be married at first, but not anymore once he was saved and reborn in the Holy Spirit.
Yes it does. If you do some study on the line “Your desire shall be for your husband”, you’ll learn that this actually means “your desire shall be AGAINST your husband(‘s desire), contrary to your husband, for your husband’s position”, it’s commonly translated in such ways in later translations, and that makes sense of the next line “but he shall rule over you”.
None the less you said the Disciples never had wives, but have been proven wrong. Even though they traveled with their ministries there is the possibility that their wives traveled with them.
Your opinion only as if it is not written, then it only becomes speculation. Our first desire needs to be for God, and then our husband and support our husband, especially if God calls him into the ministry, but you would have never experienced that since you are not married. My husband and I complete each other and support each other in our endeavors.
This is a wrong question to ask, the meaning of our being is found In Christ, not a wife, we’re called to multiply our god given talents, not wasting them on a foolish dating game. If it is really God’s will for you to marry, he’ll bring her into your life, he’ll present her to you, you’ll have the opportunity to know her, then feelings, either positive or negative, naturally grows, and you’ll know whether there’s any connection, whether she’s compatible with you or not, whether you have shared faith, values and experiences. This process cannot be forced or artificially staged, you know, if you aim to “search” for such a soul mate at the beginning, it’s doomed to be a wild goose chase and you’ll never find her, no matter how fervently you pray, because you don’t know whether she’s real, whether she even exists. It’s not like the OP has already had a girlfriend and now he’s on a “search” for the godly qualities in her.
Jesus was explicitly condemning those who still indulge in their pleasures with no awareness of the impending doom, ignoring all the signs of his coming around them, those are the kind of foolish virgins who don’t have oil in their lamps as they’re not prepared.
That's not my opinion, that's what's written in several common bible versions. KJV might be the most authoritative version, but it's not perfect, it has its own inaccuracies and preconceived notions. No bible translation is perfect, treating any translation as perfect is idolatry.
Nobody's wife traveled with them, you made that up. They left their wives for their ministries, there's not a shred of evidence of "traveling wives", you've totally made it up.
As you totally made it up that they divorced their wives.
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life." (Matt. 19:29)
For the record, where did I use the d word? I said "left", as in "separate". Paul was crystal clear of his status in his instructions on marriage, and he said it twice, and he repeatedly expressed the same preference of singlehood, marriage is a distraction, the message is clear:
That's why it is necessary to horizontally compare different translations, and also vertically compare uses of the same phrase in different contexts, in order to reach a comprehensive conclusion. This phrase, "desire shall be toward (or against)", in particular is found in the next chapter:
This article itself says what we know is "shrouded in mystery and speculation", and it begins with "women in early Christian church", not any imaginary wife in particular, there's no documented evidence of their existence. Even in Matt. 8:14, it only says Peter's MOTHER-IN-LAW was sick, it doesn't even mention his wife directly, we don't even know if she was still around or alive at the time!
"Making yourself available" should be taken in a professional sense, as in making yourself available to opportunities, possibilities and demands, that you do some favors for your friends and colleages, offer free help to a stranger like the good Samaritan, take the extra mile at work even when nobody asks you to, volunteer for some seemingly imtimidating or unpleasant assignments instead of making excuses. If you get to impress a woman or two along the way, good for you, that's added bonus, but not the goal. You don't make yourself emotionally available to the point of vulnerable, and get infatuated with her, thinking about her day and night to the point of forsaking your duties and obligations, like Don Jose with Carmen. You make yourself available only as long as you can manage the situation and keep your composure.
The Bible is not a complete compendium of the Apostles lives or even Jesus's time walking this earth , John 21:25 .
Tell that to those cessationists who worship the bible as the complete compendium of God's word and reject any general revelation of God beyond the bible and beyond words.
I guess you've got all the answer then. Hat's off to you.
This is another site naming the names of the Apostles wives taken from the Apocrypha that I found interesting.
Doesn't say anything here if the Apostles were married or not so once again you have been proven wrong in your theology.