16 Be Content Where God Has Placed You

The Bible now begins to address a general principle, which Paul affirmed in dealing with decisions affecting a Christian’s marital status. That is to be content in whatever marital status one finds themselves. The admonition is simply to stay put. Do not impetuously decide to make a move to a different martial status. For example if one of a couple of non-believers commits their life to Christ and sees the Light so to speak they should remain in the marriage. They should not leave the unbelieving spouse. The same would be true of the unbelieving remaining spouse although in the short term they might not receive these words and seek to leave. The believing spouse as the apostle Peter as state so eloquently might by their behavior cause a conversion. Now, Peter speaks specifically to women as being in subjection to their husbands. By this subjection they might bring about a conversion.