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, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

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

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

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

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Be 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 →

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 →

Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

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

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.

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”

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 →

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, 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, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — 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 →

For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, — read the full passage →

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

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting. — 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 →

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.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

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.

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

For you all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

For man is not from woman, but woman from man; — read the full passage →

For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

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.

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

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

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

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

She said, “I will surely go with you: nevertheless, the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and draw to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel 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.

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead. — read the full passage →

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.

Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

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

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. — read the full passage →

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God?

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.

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 →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

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

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions, — read the full passage →

For already some have turned aside after Satan.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, — 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. — 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 →

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

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires 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 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;

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

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

This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;

neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith— — read the full passage →

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, 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, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

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 assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. — read the full passage →

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →