what i'm looking for in a wife disclaimers and admissions: 1) all of these that apply to guys apply to me too 2) i'm not perfect, but i'm trying. just want a girl that is trying. 3) the first three aren't negotiable the list: 0 a woman mark 10:6-8 1 a Christian 2 cor 6:14-16 2 a virgin lev 21:14; 1 cor 6:18; heb 13:4 3 raised in the church 2 tim 3:15 4 not still needing milk after years of being in the church heb 5:12; 2 pet 3:18 5 willing to accept God's heiarchy eph 5:22-25; 1 cor 11:3 6 willing to accept God's roles/place for her titus 2:4,5; 1 tim 2:11,12; 1 tim 5:14 7 someone i actually desire to have post-marital relations with 1 cor 7:2; heb 13:4 8 wants a quiver full of children psalm 127:4,5; titus 1:6 9 able to help me teach our children and others about God 2 tim 1:5; 2 tim 2:24; eph 6:4; acts 18:26 10 will demand and help condition our children's obedience prov 13:24; 19:18; 22:15; 23:13,14; 29:15; eph 6:1 11 not afraid to go with me to a foreign country for a while to spread the Word matt 28:19; mark 16:15 12 as anxious to please me as i am to please her matt 7:12; phil 2:3,4; 1 cor 7:4,5,34 13 appreciative, thoughtful eph 5:20; 1 tim 4:4; 2 tim 3:2 14 hospitable acts 16:40;1 tim 3:2 15 cheery prov 17:22 16 not a nag prov 21:9,19; 25:24; 27:15 17 smart to help me make wise decisions prov 31:26 18 modest dresser 1 tim 2:9,10; matt 5:28,29 19 hearing her sing makes me want to praise God eph 5:19; col 3:16; 1 cor 11:29; 1 cor 14:40 20 virtuous prov 31:10 21 considerate prov 31:20; matt 7:12; 1 tim 6:18,19 22 of good reputation ruth 3:11; prov 22:1 23 hair that could be described more accurately as "long" than "short" 1 cor 11:15 24 forgiving matt 18:21,22 25 takes care of herself for her man 1 tim 4:8 (it does profit a little); 1 cor 6:19,20 26 satisfying prov 5:19 27 some knowledge of the old testament (knows abishai from abishag) rom 15:4; 1 cor 10:11 28 content phil 4:11; 1 tim 6:6-10 29 takes the safe approach to applying 'hard' passages/situations james 2:10; 2 kings 5:13; 1 cor 11:1-16; matt 19:9 30 does not think it's ok to miss church for work or school matt 6:33; heb 10:24,25 31 her words mean what the dictionary says they mean matt 5:37; james 5:12 32 independent, immune to peer pressure romans 12:1,2; 2 cor 6:17 33 someone who loves me song of solomon 5:4