Husband As Leader

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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 →

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;

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

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.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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 →

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

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 →

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

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.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

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 subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

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

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

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.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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 the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

beholding your chaste behaviorcoupledwith fear.

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

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

Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary: — read the full passage →

For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

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.

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

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls. — read the full passage →

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

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

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. — read the full passage →

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Now I beseech you, brethren (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister unto the saints), — read the full passage →

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

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

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

and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Servants, bein subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame. — read the full passage →

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting, — read the full passage →

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

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

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. — read the full passage →

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →

For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ’s bondservant.