The apostle Paul wisely counseled Christians, including married couples: “[You should be] doing nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism, but with lowliness of mind considering that the others are superior to you, keeping an eye, not in personal interest upon just your own matters, but also in personal interest upon those of the others. ” ​ — Philippians 2: 3, 4.
Apustulis Pāvils visiem kristiešiem, arī tiem, kas ir precējušies, deva gudru padomu, atgādinādams, lai viņi dzīvo, ” ne strīdēdamies, ne tukšā lielībā, bet pazemībā cits citu uzskatīdami augstāku par sevi, neraudzīdamies katrs uz savām, bet arī uz citu vajadzībām ”.