Male Spiritual Leadership

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.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting. — read the full passage →

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

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.

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

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;

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — 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.

For there is no partiality with God.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

On the next day, we, who were Paul’s companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. — read the full passage →

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. — read the full passage →

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

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

If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.

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.