When looked at from the modern reader’s perspective, the “MarriageTable”, which is one of the elements of the so-called Haustafeln (household codes), is a quite difficult passage. This is more so since there are a few ofthem in the New Testament (Eph 5,22-6,9; Col 3,18-4,1; Tit 2,1-10 and 1 Pet2,13-3,7). The main difficulty that one encounters while reading them is thatthey stress a lower status of women, expressed in the idea of “subjection”.The “Marriage Table” in 1 Pet 3,1-7, which is examined in the article, addstwo aspects to the aforementioned interpretational problem: the religiousdiversity of spouses (mixed marriages) and, following it, violence. Numerouspreachers accept a literal interpretation of the text, arguing that a woman ina marriage with an aggressive husband should endure the violence. A contextualand intertextual reading, however, leads us to discover that the heroicact of sacrifice for the sake of the husband’s conversion is not obligatory,but should be treated as an act of free will. Therefore a woman’s voluntarysubmission as well as her being a victim of aggression for a greater goodcan subscribe to an idea of agape which Paul mentions in the “MarriageTable” of Eph 5,21-33.
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