30 Bible Verses about Women's Roles

For just as woman was made from man, man is born of woman, and both like everything else really come from God.

But in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man of woman.

and man was not created for woman, but woman was for man.

I do not allow women to teach or to domineer over men; they must keep quiet.

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.

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

For man was not made from woman, but woman from man,

but a woman's long hair is her pride? For her hair is given her as a covering.

That is why God has abandoned them to degrading passions. Their women have exchanged their natural function for one that is unnatural,

so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,

For a man ought not to wear anything on his head, for he is the image of God and reflects his glory; while woman is the reflection of man's glory.

That is why she ought to wear upon her head something to symbolize her subjection, out of respect to the angels, if to nobody else.

for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church, which is his body, and is saved by him.

For if a woman will not wear a veil, let her cut off her hair too. But if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

and any woman who offers prayer or explains the will of God bareheaded disgraces her head, for it is just as though she had her head shaved.

No one under sixty years of age should be put on the list of widows. A widow must have been married but once,

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

Judge for yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to offer prayer to God with nothing on her head?

The husband must give his wife what is due her, and the wife must do the same by her husband.

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.

Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.

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

Teach the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible??en of vigorous faith, love, and steadfastness.

I want to introduce to you our sister Phoebe, who is a helper in the church at Cenchreae.

In every way set them an example of good conduct yourself. Teach with sincerity and seriousness,

If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety in the treatment of their own families, and to return the care of those who brought them up, for that is what God approves.

Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear his hair long is degrading,

But if anyone is disposed to be contentious about it, I for my part recognize no other practice in worship than this, and neither do the churches of God.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," or the head to the feet, "I do not need you."