the concerns of everyone in the house are the same, harmony reigns in the family, but if not, the entire household is easily broken up and destroyed. Let us therefore painstakingly care for our wives and children. By doing so, we are making our obligation of headship an easy task. Thus we will have a good defense before Christ’s judgment seat, and will be able to say, “Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel.”33 If the husband is admirable and the head