Gender Roles

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says. — read the full passage →

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. — read the full passage →

On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together. — read the full passage →

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

“Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. — read the full passage →

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, — read the full passage →

Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. — read the full passage →

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; — read the full passage →

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands. — read the full passage →

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow!” God granted him that which he requested.

Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

This is for Judah. He said, “Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand: — read the full passage →

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight. — read the full passage →

Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, — read the full passage →

The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name: — read the full passage →

Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly. — read the full passage →

Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, “These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them. — read the full passage →

Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →

He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people; — read the full passage →

but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, — read the full passage →

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Judah. — read the full passage →

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness. — read the full passage →

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. — read the full passage →

I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin. — read the full passage →

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him. — read the full passage →

There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless. — read the full passage →

One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.” — read the full passage →

For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ — read the full passage →

I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’ — read the full passage →

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. — read the full passage →

On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. — read the full passage →

Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces), — read the full passage →

Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan, — read the full passage →

Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. — read the full passage →

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. — read the full passage →

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear: — read the full passage →

But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones. — read the full passage →

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. — read the full passage →

“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. — read the full passage →

“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand? — read the full passage →

“‘When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty; — read the full passage →

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, — read the full passage →

Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh above all that were before him. — read the full passage →

Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. — read the full passage →

He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. — read the full passage →