"Wives (who have heard the word of Jesus, and now follow him) , in the same way, accept the authority of your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives' conduct, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
(One of Jesus' Ambassadors for his new Kingdom, writing to some other followers of "The Way" in the First Century B.C.E. - 1 Pet 3:1-2 (bracketed italics added by me, to explain context))
Well how on earth can meaning be transferred
from one being to others with no word?
This really is a silly question, but
once language has been learned, with some effort,
we tend to concentrate upon what we
just put our work into. Then we don't see
what's patently around on ev'ry side.
That seems to be the way that humans ride!
And if we stay within our culture group,
then ou-r language learned, will mainly scoop
the meaning from around us. We'll forget
the meaning passed without a word. And yet,
there wouldn't be a day goes by, without
much meaning, messages, passed all about,
around us, and within our very selves.
No body that's alive can live but else-
wise messaging about it's food and drink,
it's temperature, and pressure.. Can you think
of any plant, or animal, or bird,
a fish, or insect which will use the word
to so communicate, and yet they do
quite often with their species, and those who
would care to draw some meaning if they can.
And then within a body that's hu-man
We find it is the same. So how d'y'do?
And then recall someone who smiled at you.
Or kissed to welcome, or just shook your hand.
Or saw a need and helped. You'll understand.
"Actions speak, louder than words" (old English proverb)
"Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?”... If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” [Jesus, as recorded by one of his Ambassadors for his new and coming Kingdom, where he speaks of the Creator God as a loving Father: (but note the chief conduit he declares for transferring his message from this Father to these people around him, not his words, but his works.) Jn 10:32, 37-38 NRSV-CI]
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