Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible





The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”




Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.







The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”




one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God's church?)

He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language, that every man should be master of his own house and speak in the language of his own people.

A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God's image and glory, but woman is man's glory. For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man; and man was not created for woman, but woman for man.

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives should [submit] to their husbands in everything.

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and are not frightened by anything alarming.




The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”




Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.





About the things you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman." But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. A husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the [Christian] message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live, when they observe your pure, reverent lives. Your beauty should not consist of outward things [like] elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments or fine clothes; read more.
instead, [it should consist of] the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God's eyes. For in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands, just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do good and aren't frightened by anything alarming.




The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”




Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.







submitting to one another in the fear of Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

Submit to every human institution because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority, or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For it is God's will that you, by doing good, silence the ignorance of foolish people.




The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”




Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.