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.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain 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 up for it;

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.

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

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

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

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

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

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

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

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh? — read the full passage →

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

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

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

as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying, — read the full passage →

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

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

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in 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 subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

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

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who 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.

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

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

If then ye 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 →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Be ye imitators 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 aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

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

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

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — 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 up for it; — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

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

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, 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 him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, 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 it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — read the full passage →

If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

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

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

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

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves 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 was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →

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

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

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

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

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

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

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