The Role Of The 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 →

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.

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

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

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.

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — 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.

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

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

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: — read the full passage →

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.

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need of you: for she herself also hath been a helper of many, and of mine own self.

Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.

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

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — 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 the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: — read the full passage →

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

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.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

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

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures. — read the full passage →

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

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:

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord.

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

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

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

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.

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

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

And when it came to pass that we were parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course unto Cos, and the next day unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: — read the full passage →

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.