Should a Wife Expect Her Husband to Do Household Chores?

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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A listener recently wrote in with a question that piqued our interest—and got Selena a little fired up. Should a husband be expected to help around the house? Tune in to hear our take!Master marital communication: https://speak.fiercemarriage.comTake the 31-Day Pursuit Challenge: https://31daypursuit.comPray for your spouse with intention: https://40prayers.comTo learn more about becoming a Christian, visit: https://thenewsisgood.comThis ministry is entirely listener-supported. To partner with us, visit https://fiercemarriage.com/partner Good news! You can now find FULL video episodes on our YouTube channel, The Fierce Family. Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyO4yVeRdODrpsyXLhEr7w to subscribe and watch. We hope to see you there!

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0:00.0	Everything that lives is created out of the dirt. The plants and the animals and even Adam himself
0:04.1	is created out of the dirt. And then you have the woman who's not created out of the dirt. She is created out of the side of the man. And she is the crown of the crown. What actually is a sin? It's a sin to be slothful. It's a sin to be drunk. It's a sin to murder someone. It is a sin to lie. Is it sinful and undermining to the unity of your marriage
0:22.6	or undermining to these biblical roles that we talked about for the wife to expect this?
0:27.3	If you're expecting something without having talked about it and agreed upon it prior, then yes,
0:32.7	you're going to have some issues. Mist Expectations is the theme of marriage. It's going to cause problems.
0:38.4	There is, in a biblical sense, a homeward orientation that godly women have. It doesn't mean
0:43.1	you can't have a job. That job is not like the pinnacle of your self-actualization.
0:47.3	We've been given these responsibilities so that our hands can be diligent so that we're not
0:51.5	found being distracted, wasting our lives away.
0:54.9	How are we to live if we have been saved if the Lord has grabbed a hold of us?
1:06.0	Ryan?
1:07.2	Yes, my love.
1:08.7	Is it a sin for me to expect you to do chores around the house?
1:15.3	I would disagree.
1:18.3	Absolutely.
1:19.6	You have been sinning all these years by expecting me to help around the house.
1:24.5	No, but someone wrote in and asked a genuine question.
1:28.5	A genuine question.
1:29.6	Genuine question.
1:30.4	That was raised among other Christian ladies around the household.
1:34.3	It touches on a lot of cultural themes.
1:38.0	I think it got Selena a little bit fired up.
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