Bible Discussion Thread

You got yourself and your child out of a terrible place and now you are looking after you both. i cannot imagine how challenging life is day to day in terms of getting through chores, earning to support yourselves, keeping you both safe and comfortable, getting educated...this is the work of life and you are doing it. no one can call that successful except you.
This is one of those passages that has been used for centuries to argue that women are evil and justify their subordination.Read properly Ch 6 and 7 Paul regards women and men as equals; this letter is just about a problem of promiscuity in Corinth and he asks that passion be exercised within marriage and, if you do marry, then divorce ought to be avoided (10-11)in line with Jesus' teaching. That's what your husband is pointing to. However, it remains your decision. It is possible he is reformed and able to love you and your daughter appropriately, or not. He could just be pointing to v10-11 to assert his "rights" without having done enough real reflective work on himself. When he's released, you *might* decide to *very cautiously* have short supervised visits with him in public places to keep assessing behaviour. But the confusing element here is you. You have been visiting him. That's not a sign of someone who has resolved that the relationship needs to be dissolved for her family's safety and well-being. So maybe you need to commit one way or the other; either listen to your doubt, sever connections and continue your successful life or commit to very careful re-assessment of him as an on-going partner and father.