“For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.“ -2 Corinthians 11:2-3God’s law implies that it is the father’s responsibility to present a pure bride to her betrothed husband (Deut. His goal is to present God’s people to Christ a as pure virgin at the wedding ceremony. Paul says that he is jealous to make sure that he presents Christ’s bride to him not as a roving-eyed adulteress but as a single-minded, pure bride. Paul means for all of us not to be roving-eyed adulteresses but to be single-minded in our devotion to Christ.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2022 14:07 UTC