30 Bible Verses about Women's Roles
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For as woman was made from man, so also man is born of woman. And all things are from God.
In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
But women will be saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-restraint.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural.
For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is himself the Savior.
For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.
But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her headit is the same as if her head were shaved.
A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one husband,
to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as even the law says.
The older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to much wine, but they are to teach what is good,
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.
The older men are to be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.
Show yourself in all respects an example of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, seriousness,
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
If anyone wants to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
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