Spiritual Headship

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — read the full passage →

and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

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

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

and the man saith, `This <FI>is<Fi> the <FI>proper<Fi> step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith--considering the issue of the behaviour--be imitating,

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, — read the full passage →

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold, — read the full passage →

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning; — read the full passage →

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation, — read the full passage →

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,

and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →

for a man is not of a woman, but a woman <FI>is<Fi> of a man, — read the full passage →

for a man is not of a woman, but a woman <FI>is<Fi> of a man,

and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God. — read the full passage →

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep, — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ.

I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God,

salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.

And I commend you to Phebe our sister--being a ministrant of the assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in Cenchrea--

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

and she saith, `I do certainly go with thee; only, surely thy glory is not on the way which thou art going, for into the hand of a woman doth Jehovah sell Sisera;' and Deborah riseth and goeth with Barak to Kedesh.

And Barak saith unto her, `If thou dost go with me, then I have gone; and if thou dost not go with me, I do not go;'

And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,

and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.

And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is judging Israel at that time,

And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead, — read the full passage →

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where <FI>art<Fi> thou?'

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'

and without <FI>are<Fi> the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.

Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him: — read the full passage →

because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings, — read the full passage →

for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.

and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

A widow--let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband, — read the full passage →

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God. — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth <FI>thee<Fi> to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God--a pillar and foundation of the truth,

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

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

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

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

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

This charge I commit to thee, child Timotheus, according to the prophesies that went before upon thee, that thou mayest war in them the good warfare,

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: -- — read the full passage →

to Timotheus--genuine child in faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord,

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

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation, — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body, — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

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