Spiritual Headship

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

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

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.

And the man 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.

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 →

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

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

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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 →

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 →

For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts, — read the full passage →

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

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing. — read the full passage →

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

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

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

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.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

For ye all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted;

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

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

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

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.

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 →

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

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

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

Salute Tryphæna and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding, the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.

And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead. — 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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.

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 →

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

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

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, — read the full passage →

for already some are turned aside after Satan.

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, — 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. — read the full passage →

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

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

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;

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now. — read the full passage →

unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

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

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; — read the full passage →

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →