Manhood

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

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.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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?

I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

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.

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

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

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

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

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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

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

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. — read the full passage →

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. — read the full passage →

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

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

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. — read the full passage →

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

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

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

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

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

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve. — read the full passage →

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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. — read the full passage →

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

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: — read the full passage →

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy 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;

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; — read the full passage →

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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.

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 →

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — 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.

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. — read the full passage →

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. — read the full passage →

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

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:

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

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: