Male Leadership

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — 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.

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.

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

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

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. — 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; — read the full passage →

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

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

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

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.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — 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;

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 →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

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

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

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 when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

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

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

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

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →

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.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

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

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

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 →

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

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. — read the full passage →

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

Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

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

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

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

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

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

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

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

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.

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. — read the full passage →

for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — 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. — read the full passage →

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

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures. — read the full passage →

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

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.

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

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

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

Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. — read the full passage →

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

But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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

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.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

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

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

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.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: — read the full passage →

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.

these take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things whereof they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Cæsarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. — read the full passage →

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

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →