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, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

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

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.

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

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.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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

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

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh? — read the full passage →

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.

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

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

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

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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;

and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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 truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

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.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

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

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even 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 deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection 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 were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

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

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

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

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

She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting 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 desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

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 →

For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — read the full passage →

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.

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

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 →

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

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.

We love, because he first loved us.

If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — 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 was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

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

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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

(but if a man knoweth 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 rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

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.

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

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

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

and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

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

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

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

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

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And he 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 →

but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

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.

What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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

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.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, 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 in the Lord.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.