Genesis 3:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

In sorrow

John 16:21

1 Thessalonians 5:3

1 Timothy 2:15

Rule

General references

1 Timothy 2:11

Bible References

In sorrow

When a woman is in labor she is sorrowful, for her time has come; but when the child is born, she forgets her pain in her joy that a human being has been brought into the world.

When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape.

But they will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to have faith and to be loving and holy, and sensible as well.

Rule

A wife cannot do as she likes with her own person; it is her husband's; and in the same way a husband cannot do as he likes with his own person; it is his wife's.

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, while a woman's head is her husband, and Christ's head is God.

Women are to keep quiet in church, for they are not allowed to speak. They must take a subordinate place, just as the Law says.

You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,

You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, for that is your duty as Christians.

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.

and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

You married women, in the same way, must be submissive to your husbands, so that any who refuse to believe the message may be won over without argument through the behavior of their wives

General references

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.