Head Of Household

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, — read the full passage →

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

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

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

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. — read the full passage →

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: — read the full passage →

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, — read the full passage →

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, — read the full passage →

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. — read the full passage →

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

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.