Submitting To Your Husband

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

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 →

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

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 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.

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,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

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 →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also <FI>are<Fi> the wives to their own husbands in everything.

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.

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

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

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

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

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

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

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 →

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;

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,

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

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that <FI>is<Fi> in the Christ;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh;'

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith; — read the full passage →

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him `sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

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.

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

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

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 →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

for the fruit of the Spirit <FI>is<Fi> in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:

saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me--;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom--for it <FI>is<Fi> great--and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son--the only begotten--hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him; — read the full passage →

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

The love doth never fail; and whether <FI>there be<Fi> prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,