This third point seems to me to be the most important of all, as well as being the most useful. For without a shadow of doubt it is not only a matter of marital duty, but can completely eclipse all other sins. False natural love41 blinds parents so that they have more regard for the bodies of their children than they have for their souls. It was because of this that the sage said, “Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them” [Prov. 13:24].