Thematic Bible: Duties of, to their husbands


Thematic Bible




But as the church submits itself to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything. Verse ConceptsAbusive HusbandsChurchSubmissionChurch Authority, Of Jesus ChristLike Christ




Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person, but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is. Do not refuse one another, unless it is only temporary and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, lest through your lack of self-control Satan begin to tempt you to sin.

"In your congregation" you write, "as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law. Verse ConceptsChurchBeing A WomenWives, Duties OfGod ForbiddingThe churchWomen's RolesspeakingBeing A Woman Of Godorderwomanassertiveness

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind and submissive to their husbands, in order that God's message be not maligned. Verse ConceptsBeing A WifeDiscretionKindnessOrder In The HomePurity, Moral And SpiritualWives, Duties OfWomen WorkingConfidentialityGodly WomanWomen's RolesA Good Womanmothering


For a married woman who has a husband is bound by law to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. So then, if during her husband lifetime, she unites herself with another man, she will be counted an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the Law, so that she is no adulteress, even if she unites herself with another man.