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Wife Submit To Your Husband
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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.
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.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
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;
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
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.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
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 →
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
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.
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — 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.
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 →
But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — 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.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
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 →
For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
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 he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — 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 →
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
beholding your chaste behaviorcoupledwith fear.
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;
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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 →
(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
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 →
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — 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; — read the full passage →
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — 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. — read the full passage →
Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.
because we are members of his body.
And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
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