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I. A NATURAL LAW.

1. Woman was created out of man, and is therefore subordinate.

2. Man is born of woman, therefore dependent.

II. A DIVINE APPOINTMENT.

III. A GRACIOUS PURPOSE. That each might love, succour, and comfort the other in the faithful discharge of their relations.

(J. Lyth, D.D.)

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KJV: Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

WEB: Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.