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Spiritual and physical death were linked, of course...

@CharismaticLady Sometimes the actual placement is only the last thing that is decided; the actual decision (or not, as the case may be) to join the ranks of the inked often comes before it. As you would know.

Philippians 2.12-13: "Work our your own salvation - deliverance - with fear and trembling. For it is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure."

I think that tendencies at the various 7 churches of Asia can probably be manifest in different parts of the world today...

@Stan B Acts 7.58 speaks of 'a young man called Saul'; in his pre-conversion days. There are those who try to use Paul's divorce, as they claim it, to 'prove' all sorts of things about his supposed sanction of the wider matter of divorce and remarriage. Seeing as Scripture itself does not seem...

@Jennifer I saw a book, the title of which is: Ecclesiastes, and the Responses of the New Testament... In other words, Ecclesiastes sets out the scene and poses the riddles...and the New Testament answers them... :)

Freetown, Liberia

I was referring to your comment on Proverbs 23. The mistake would be to assume that the secular culture of North America applies universally; in some parts of the world moderate chastisement is not viewed as abusive.

How come?

I don't see any Biblical evidence that Paul was married in the first place...

@CharismaticLady PS: Did you see the most recent posts and the way the discussion seems to be proceeding? would you purely hypothetically like the idea of being treated as 'the worst' - by a potential spouse - whereas you hypothetically may have been seeking 'the best' - aesthetically? (I hope...

These are general principles. The particular culture may differ from one country to another.

Indeed...

Humility and patience all round are so often crucial in defusing strife and conflict.

@Mayflower PS: Did you see @A_Man 's post, above, about ink being a deal-breaker for prospective marriage? You may not have any particular comment, but maybe it's likely to be less and less realistic now.... (2c...)

@A_Man Here it is, in the light of which I guess it shows that it may be less and less of a deal-breaker now... forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot com

Maybe if you get plenty of rest, with regular Bible reading and prayer, it will all go well, in God's goodness...

Maybe the women in your dream was dream's way of reinforcing your unwillingness to watch it, then...o_O

@A_Man Well, this is entirely up to the individual now, of course. I saw a quote from the Bible Belt showing how extensive it is now. (I'll try to dig it up...)

Well, there are sumo wrestling competitions for women now, too...