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, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

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

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

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.

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

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

For man is not from woman, but woman from man; — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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

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

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

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

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

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

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.”

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

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

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

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

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

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

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will 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 God’s word may not be blasphemed.

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

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

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

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

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

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

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

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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

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;

Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, — read the full passage →

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because 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 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 →

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

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

The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.

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 →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — read the full passage →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, 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 living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

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

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — read the full passage →

When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those 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 in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others 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 compassion, — read the full passage →

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

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

for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

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

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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 →

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.”