Single Women

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

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;

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

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

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.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

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.

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

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

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

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

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.

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. — read the full passage →

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind. — read the full passage →

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, — read the full passage →

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

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 →

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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

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.

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

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

God is in her midst. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

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

So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. — read the full passage →

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. — read the full passage →

She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.

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

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — 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, — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. — read the full passage →

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy. — read the full passage →

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.

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

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.

The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

If then you 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 →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says. — read the full passage →

Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.