Chapter 22
In-Laws
- Know that when you marry a person you marry him with his background, family
situation, financial situation, health situation and all. - Your in-law is closely related to your spouse. They are his parents or guardians.
- The Bible admonishes your spouse to honour his/her parents or parent figures and you
must do the same.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.Ephesians 6:2-3- Your in-laws are like adopted parents to you.^1
- You must believe God to love them unconditionally as in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 even
when you think they don’t like you.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is
not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in
the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail;
whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall
vanish away.1 Corinthians 13:4-8- No spouse should make the home of his parents his real home. The Bible admonishes
the couple to leave and cleave to each other.^2 - Try not to discriminate between parents as to care, upkeep, finances, etc.