This is one of those passages where one might expect Paul to be out of his depth. As far as we know he had no experience of marriage or of being a parent though obviously he had experience from the receiving end of parenthood.
Paul's words on husbands and wives are possible some of those most taken out of context- by those with opposing opinions. Yes he instructs wives to submit to their husband but only as fitting in the Lord and it is to a loving and gentle husband. It is not advice to a gentleman to turn from a wooing suitor into a tyrannical husband.
As a parent it is often a difficult tightrope walk not to discourage ones children, even well thought out and formulated sentences can be heard as discouraging.
This is all summed up in "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." for how else can we live a life with our thoughts under God's guidance in all matters.
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