What Makes Women the ‘Weaker Vessel’?

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The differences between male and female are not obstacles to overcome or facts to ignore. They are distinct glories that God calls “very good.”

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0:00.0	Several times in this podcast, we have looked at 1st Peter 3.7, but only briefly and never
0:10.2	at length.
0:11.2	Now's our chance.
0:12.2	Today's question comes to us from a listener named Patricia.
0:14.6	Hello, Pastor John.
0:15.6	Thank you for the podcast.
0:16.6	What does Peter mean in 1st Peter 3.7 when he writes that husbands should live with
0:20.8	their wives in an understanding way as the weaker vessel, specifically what is the weaker
0:26.8	vessel?
0:27.8	Is she physically weaker, emotionally weaker, spiritually weaker, or something altogether
0:33.0	different?
0:34.0	Thank you for your help.
0:35.0	Pastor John.
0:36.0	What would you say?
0:37.0	Well, let's begin with a literal translation of the verse she's asking about 1st Peter
0:44.0	3.7.
0:45.0	Here's the way I would translate it.
0:48.5	Likewise, husbands live together according to knowledge with your wives, although that
0:57.4	phrase with your wives is not there in the original, but it's implied by live with.
1:03.5	As with a weaker vessel, the feminine one, showing honor as also living together with fellow
1:15.6	heirs of the grace of life, which I take to mean eternal life because of the use of
1:22.7	the word grace and life back in 1, 3 and 1, 13.
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