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Women In Church
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But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
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.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. — read the full passage →
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →
And Adam 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.
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. — read the full passage →
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. — read the full passage →
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; — read the full passage →
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. — read the full passage →
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. — read the full passage →
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. — read the full passage →
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. — read the full passage →
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. — read the full passage →
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 sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; — read the full passage →
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, — read the full passage →
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. — read the full passage →
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. — read the full passage →
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
For Adam was first formed, then Eve. — read the full passage →
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. — 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. — read the full passage →
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, 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 college;) and they communed with her.
And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. — read the full passage →
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
Go ye, enquire of the Lord 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 the Lord 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 →
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a 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.
These things command and teach.
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, — read the full passage →
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; — read the full passage →
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; — read the full passage →
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. — read the full passage →
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