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A cultivator is also one who educates a person.

A husband by role is a provider.

These are the things that a husband is to his wife
and further to his children.
Bring out the best from your wife.

1 Timothy 5:8. To provide is to consider in advance. It means to make available ahead of time.
To be a husband is to know how to think ahead of

2. BY ROLE OR COMMON SENSE.

Roles of a husband varies from culture to
culture, and that is why i said that common sense
plays a great part in knowing your role here.

A husband by role is one who cares for his wife by
showing concern and giving her the adequate affection and emotional balance needed for her to
play her role in return. It takes is right back to
1Peter 3:7, where we were told to dwell with our
wives according to knowledge. And I believe that
there are two types of knowledge every man
ought to have in marriage;
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First is the general knowledge of women.

time. You are the head because you can or ought
to think ahead of needs. B e creative, be full of
plans and make no excuses about provisions for
the home.

3. BY COMPARISON TO CHRIST- Ephesians
5:23,25,26,27,28-31.

The best way to see a husband’s role is by comparing him to Jesus who is the head of the church.
Christ remains the perfect example of who a husband should be. Jesus is our first husband and He
is also known as the groom of the church. At the
wedding feast on that day in heaven we will be
officially married to Him. But right now we are at
a betrothal level, and we will soon be united with
our Husband.

Why do they act the way they do, what are their
interests, what do they really want, etc. This
knowledge must have been gotten before marriage as a single man through studies and interactions.

-Secondly is the specific knowledge of your wife.
What makes her different from all other women
including your mother. And then plan to honour
her as such.
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Let us take our key scripture for this aspect at a
verse by verse level.