Headship

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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.

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

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

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

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

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

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

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.

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

and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.

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

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

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

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

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

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — 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 →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

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

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

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ; — read the full passage →

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — 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;

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

Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, — read the full passage →

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:— — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.

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 →

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

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 →

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

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

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

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. — 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:

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

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.

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

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

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; — read the full passage →

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

because we are members of his body.

And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

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

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

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

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. — read the full passage →

If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.