Husband Being The Spiritual Leader

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.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

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.

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.

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

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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

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

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

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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.

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 →

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

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. — read the full passage →

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

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

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

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

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

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 let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

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

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

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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:

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.

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

We love him, because he first loved us.

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 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.

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

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; — read the full passage →

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. — 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.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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

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.

How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

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

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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

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

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. — read the full passage →

Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

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

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. — 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 →

To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. — read the full passage →

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

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.