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.
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.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
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 →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — 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;
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
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.
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, and don’t be bitter against them.
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures. — read the full passage →
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →
Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — 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,
If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.
It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall beyour servant.
We love him, because he first loved us.
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 →
But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; — read the full passage →
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.
“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →
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 →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. — read the full passage →
to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. — 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; — read the full passage →
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
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.”
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
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 →
For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →
Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
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