The Role Of The Older Woman

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — 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.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing these things.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

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

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

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

abstain from every form of evil.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve, — read the full passage →

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: — read the full passage →

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. — read the full passage →

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

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

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

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 there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Servants, bein subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. — read the full passage →

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

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

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. — read the full passage →

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church. — read the full passage →

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. — read the full passage →

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: — read the full passage →

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, — read the full passage →

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →