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Christian conduct » Fulfilling domestic duties
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, that it may be well with you, and you shall live long in the land. read more.
And, fathers, provoke not your children, but bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord. Servants, be subject to masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts as to Christ, not with eye service as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart, performing service kindly as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that whatever good each one does, for this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or a freeman.
And, fathers, provoke not your children, but bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord. Servants, be subject to masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts as to Christ, not with eye service as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart, performing service kindly as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that whatever good each one does, for this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or a freeman.
In like manner let the women be subject to their husbands, that even if some disobey the word, they may be gained through the conduct of their wives without the word, seeing your pure mode of life in the fear [of God]. Whose ornament let it not be the external [ornament] of braided hair and the putting on of chains of gold or of clothing, read more.
but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price before God. For so formerly also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear. In like manner let the husbands [do], living together in knowledge with the wife as with a vessel of less strength, deeming them precious, co-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price before God. For so formerly also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear. In like manner let the husbands [do], living together in knowledge with the wife as with a vessel of less strength, deeming them precious, co-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
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Remember your guides who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the end of their life follow the faith.
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Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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not as having a lordship over God's inheritance but being examples to the flock;
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presenting yourself as an example of good works in all things, in teaching [exhibiting] integrity, gravity, sound argument not to be condemned, that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of us.
And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. For from you the word of the Lord was proclaimed not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith with respect to God went into every place, so that we had no need to say any thing;
You have the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, my brothers, as an example of patience and long-suffering. Behold, we account them blessed who are patient. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you know the purpose of the Lord, that he is very merciful and compassionate.
BELOVED, I exhort you as strangers and foreigners, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation, Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as superior, read more.
to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well; for this is the will of God, that by well-doing you may silence the ignorance of foolish men; as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God. Honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. Let servants be subject with all fear to masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the perverse. For this deserves thanks, if on account of a knowledge of God one endures pain, suffering unjustly. For what glory is it if when you sin and are punished you bear it patiently? But if you do well and suffer and bear it patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is acceptable to God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you a copy that you should follow his steps, who committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth, who being reviled reviled not, suffering threatened not, but committed himself to him that judges righteously, who himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we having died to sins, may live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like lost sheep, but are now returned to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well; for this is the will of God, that by well-doing you may silence the ignorance of foolish men; as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God. Honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. Let servants be subject with all fear to masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the perverse. For this deserves thanks, if on account of a knowledge of God one endures pain, suffering unjustly. For what glory is it if when you sin and are punished you bear it patiently? But if you do well and suffer and bear it patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is acceptable to God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you a copy that you should follow his steps, who committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth, who being reviled reviled not, suffering threatened not, but committed himself to him that judges righteously, who himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we having died to sins, may live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like lost sheep, but are now returned to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
For so formerly also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
Family » Government of
It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,
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But I wish you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman, the man, and the head of Christ, God.
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But the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband,
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Wives, be subject to the husbands, as is fit in the Lord.
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In like manner let the women be subject to their husbands, that even if some disobey the word, they may be gained through the conduct of their wives without the word,
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ruling well his own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,??5 but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God???6 not a novice, lest being inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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For a man ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God; but the woman is a glory of man. For man is not of woman, but woman of man; for man also was not created because of the woman, but woman because of the man.
Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; he is the savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also let wives be subject to husbands in every thing.
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
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Marriage » The duties of a wife
Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord,
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Wives, be subject to the husbands, as is fit in the Lord.
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CONCERNING what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman; but on account of fornications, let each man have his wife, and each woman have her husband. Let the husband render to the wife her due, and in like manner also the wife the husband.
In like manner let the women be subject to their husbands, that even if some disobey the word, they may be gained through the conduct of their wives without the word, seeing your pure mode of life in the fear [of God]. Whose ornament let it not be the external [ornament] of braided hair and the putting on of chains of gold or of clothing, read more.
but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price before God. For so formerly also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price before God. For so formerly also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
Sarah » Also called sarai » Character of
For so formerly also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that promised.
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Wives » Good--exemplified » Sarah
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
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Woman » Submissive and respectful to husbands
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
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