Respecting Women

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.

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

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

And 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, and be not bitter against them.

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

Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

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 →

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

Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.

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

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

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;

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.

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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 →

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

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →

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.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

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 →

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 →

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

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

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

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;

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; — read the full passage →

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

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 →

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lordof glory, with respect of persons.

Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed. — read the full passage →

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.

He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

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

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? — read the full passage →

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror. — read the full passage →

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord. — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord.

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

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

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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

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 →

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.