Respecting Women

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

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

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

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

Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

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

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

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

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; — read the full passage →

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

“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

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

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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; — read the full passage →

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

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves 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.

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

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 →

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — read the full passage →

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

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, — read the full passage →

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

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

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

He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.

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

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

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

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t 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.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

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

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord. — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

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

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

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

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

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

If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

If you love me, keep my commandments.