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Monday: Read 1 Peter 3:1-7 Today’s reading is a prime example in which understanding the cultural context (in this case, the Greco-Roman context) is Peter was not indicating that women were inferior in their roles. As argued above, Peter has already affirmed the independence and equality of women when it comes to choosing their own religion. The fact that they were listening to his advice in this letter is an affirmation of their rights in Christ, which were often not granted to them in the Greco-Roman culture. In light of all this, the best understanding of Peter’s reference to women as “weaker vessels” is in terms of their social status. Peter was informing the men on how to treat the women. In particular, the men must be understanding towards the women who, because of their very act of coming to church were in a much more precarious cultural situation. The women were “weaker”  only in the sense of their position within society.

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