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severe ones when gentle ones will not serve, make them sensible of their faults and afraid of offending
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I'm no Bible scholar, but I don't like this part of Henry's wording.... :/
I don't like the notion that we are supposed to instill fear in our children--at least not fear of US or fear of offending men.
I realize he's from a different time and uses the English language in a slightly different way, but I think she's interpreting it quite literally.. they should be AFRAID.
And if your inlaws or someone IRL brings it up, you can always respond with what Crystal said:
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Reading commentaries is not the same as exegetical study of the Scriptures
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