The Need Of Forbearance In Married Life
THE NEED OF FORBEARANCE
IN MARRIED LIFE AND FAMILY LIFE
For a pleasant married life and an excellent family life we need to be forbearing. I hope that all the saints with children will be deeply im pressed with the need to exercise forbearance in their daily living at home.
THE MEANING OF FORBEARANCE
The Greek word rendered forbearance in Philippians 4:5 is composed of two words: epi, a preposition which means unto, and eikos, which means seemly, fitting, or suitable. When the prep osition epi is added to other Greek words as a prefix, it often bears the meaning of full or exten sive. Consider, for example, the word epignosis used in 2 Timothy 2:25. In this verse Paul speaks of "the full knowledge of the truth." Hence, epi added to gnosis gives a word which means full knowledge. The use of this preposition as a com ponent of the Greek word for forbearance in