Theme: Older women are to model Christ-like womanhood to the younger women in the church.

Theme: Even in the best of men, the pursuit of wisdom is hampered by the reality of sin in the human heart.

Theme: Paul's confident affirmations about the gospel during one of his greatest times of trial teaches us how to pray for the success of the gospel in our own times of trial.

Theme: In this passage, Solomon describes the beneficial characteristics of "wisdom" from the 'under the sun' standpoint.