woman. The context here is an exhortation to men not to beat their wives.] For this reason you were appointed as ruler [over the woman], and you were given the place of the head (1 Cor 11:3) so that you might bear the weakness of the woman whom you rule. Therefore, make your rule glorious—as it will be if you do not dishonor what you rule.… And think back to that evening when her father called you and entrusted his daughter to you, as a sacred trust, and after he had separated her from all others