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The Role Of The Man
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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.
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.
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
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.
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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 →
But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
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.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”
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.
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
But say the things which fit sound doctrine,
If you love me, keep my commandments.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →
“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh. — read the full passage →
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.
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.
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 →
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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.”
Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →
God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
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.”
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →
Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
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.
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →
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;
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →
He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — 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;
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — 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. — read the full passage →
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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 →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →
Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — 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.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
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 therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, — read the full passage →
I sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints, — read the full passage →
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. — read the full passage →
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Beloved — read the full passage →
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
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. — read the full passage →
There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest. — read the full passage →
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
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