Male Leadership

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

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

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

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong; — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee; — read the full passage →

holding--according to the teaching--to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — read the full passage →

if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate--

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what <FI>are<Fi> the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

this one also began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Aquilas and Priscilla having heard of him, took him to <FI>them<Fi> , and did more exactly expound to him the way of God,

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre, — read the full passage →

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that <FI>is<Fi> under the heaven, of which I became--I Paul--a ministrant.

who also made us sufficient <FI>to be<Fi> ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

but neither <FI>is<Fi> a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep, — read the full passage →

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body, — read the full passage →

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith, — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus--

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

Women--in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues; — read the full passage →

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me--honour him will the Father.

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

and those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God. — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

And I commend you to Phebe our sister--being a ministrant of the assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in Cenchrea--

And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by birth, a man of eloquence, being mighty in the Writings, came to Ephesus, — read the full passage →

and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

`And thou--thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed <FI>these<Fi> over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim, — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who did not defile their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth <FI>thee<Fi> to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God--a pillar and foundation of the truth,

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers,

Salute you do the assemblies of Asia; salute you much in the Lord do Aquilas and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house;

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith; — read the full passage →

and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

And I commend you to Phebe our sister--being a ministrant of the assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in Cenchrea-- — read the full passage →

preaching the reign of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness--unforbidden.

these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk--thyself also--the law keeping.

and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Caesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist--who is of the seven--we remained with him, — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →