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Unless a man is prepared to ask a woman to be his wife, what right has he to claim her exclusive attention? Unless she has been asked to marry him, why would a sensible woman promise any man her exclusive attention? If,

Unless a man is prepared to ask a woman to be his wife, what right has he to claim her exclusive attention? Unless she has been asked to marry him, why would a sensible woman promise any man her exclusive attention? If, when the time has come for a commitment, he is not man enough to ask her to marry him, she should give him no reason to presume that she belongs to him.

Elisabeth Elliot
Commitment, Giving, Wife
Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.154, Revell

The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to bless and support and help him.

Elisabeth Elliot
Husband, Wife, Support
Source: baylyblog.com

I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal.

Elisabeth Elliot
Believe, Order, Wife
Elisabeth Elliot (2013). “Let Me Be a Woman”, p.81, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Supreme authority in both church and home has been divinely vested in the male as the representative of Christ, who is Head of the church. It is in willing submission rather than grudging capitulation that the woman in the church (whether married or single) and the wife in the home find their fulfillment.

Elisabeth Elliot
Home, Wife, Church

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