Besides, with the limb, we receive no benefit from the treatment when the illness turns out to be incurable; but with a wife, even if she remains incurably ill, we will receive a great reward for our attempts to teach and educate her. Even if she does not benefit at all from our teaching, we will receive a great reward from God for our patience, because we have shown so much forbearance through fear of Him. We have endured her evil ways with gentleness and have kept our member.
