Man As Head Of Household

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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.

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

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? — read the full passage →

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.

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

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

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

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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.

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;

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

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 hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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 →

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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 →

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: — read the full passage →

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

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

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

We love him, because he first loved us.

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.

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

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

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

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

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

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

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

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: — 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; — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

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

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

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 →

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

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.

What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

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

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

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