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Women In Church

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1 Timothy 2:12

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

1 Corinthians 14:34

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.

1 Corinthians 11:3

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.

Ephesians 5:22

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

Genesis 3:16

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.

1 Timothy 2:11–15

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

1 Timothy 3:2

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

1 Timothy 2:15

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

1 Corinthians 11:8

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

Titus 2:3–5

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 →

Genesis 2:1–25

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 14:34–35

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 →

Titus 2:4

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

1 Timothy 3:1–16

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

1 Timothy 2:12–15

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

1 Corinthians 11:5

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.

1 Corinthians 11:1–34

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

1 Timothy 2:11

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

1 Corinthians 11:2–16

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 →

1 Peter 3:7

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.

Titus 2:3–4

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 →

1 Timothy 2:11–14

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

Ephesians 5:21–33

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

Genesis 2:23

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

2 Timothy 2:2

And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

1 Timothy 3:1–7

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

1 Timothy 2:9–15

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 →

Ephesians 5:22–33

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

1 Corinthians 14:33–36

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

1 Corinthians 11:7–12

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. — read the full passage →

Genesis 2:21–23

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: — read the full passage →

Genesis 2:15

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

1 Peter 3:6

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.

1 Peter 3:1–22

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 →

Titus 1:6

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Titus 1:5–9

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 →

1 Timothy 2:13

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

1 Timothy 2:12–14

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

1 Timothy 2:12–13

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

1 Timothy 2:11–12

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

1 Timothy 2:8–15

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 2:1–15

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

1 Corinthians 14:33–35

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

1 Corinthians 11:9

for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

Acts 18:26

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.

Numbers 3:1–13

Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai. — read the full passage →

Genesis 3:17–19

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; — read the full passage →

Revelation 2:20

But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

Titus 2:1–10

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

Colossians 1:15

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

Ephesians 5:22–24

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

Galatians 3:28

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.

Romans 16:3

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

John 21:16

He saith to him again a second time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep.

John 14:9

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

John 4:1–54

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John — read the full passage →

1 Chronicles 24:1–31

And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. — read the full passage →

Numbers 3:6–13

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. — read the full passage →

Titus 2:3

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

1 Timothy 3:8–13

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 2:14

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

1 Timothy 2:13–14

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

1 Timothy 2:10

but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

Philippians 4:3

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.

Ephesians 5:21

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:35

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.

1 Corinthians 14:33–37

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

1 Corinthians 11:3–15

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 →

2 Kings 22:14

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her.

Genesis 8:20

And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

Genesis 2:15–17

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. — read the full passage →

Genesis 2:7

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

1 Peter 3:5

For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

1 Peter 3:1–7

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 →

Titus 2:5

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

Titus 2:1–15

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

Titus 1:5–6

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 →

Ephesians 5:1–33

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

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Luke 10:38–42

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 →

Luke 8:1–3

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 →

Nehemiah 6:14

Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

2 Kings 22:13–14

Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. — read the full passage →

Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.

1 Timothy 4:11

These things command and teach.

1 Timothy 3:1–2

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

1 Timothy 2:9

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;

Colossians 3:18

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

Ephesians 5:25

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

Ephesians 5:24

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

Ephesians 4:11

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

Galatians 6:1–18

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

Judges 5:1–31

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, — read the full passage →

Judges 4:1–24

And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 23:18

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

Deuteronomy 11:26–28

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: — read the full passage →

Numbers 3:12–13

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: — read the full passage →

Leviticus 15:19–24

And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. — read the full passage →

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