The Man Being The Head Of The House

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.

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — 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 →

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.

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

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

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;

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.”

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.

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

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

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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 →

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.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; — read the full passage →

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

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

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

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

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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

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

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

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 →

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — read the full passage →

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

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

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

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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.

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, — read the full passage →

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — 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 heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

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

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 →

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.

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.

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

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.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

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

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

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

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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 →

If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

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

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

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

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

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

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’

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

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 →

though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

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

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

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,

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, — 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 this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: — 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.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.