For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.

In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman.

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

I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgment.

For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her as a covering.

This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions. For even their females exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.

so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,

A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image and glory, but woman is man’s glory.

This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

“He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

So if a woman’s head is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered.

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.

No widow should be placed on the official support list unless she is at least 60 years old, has been the wife of one husband,

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

She rises while it is still night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her female servants.

A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says.

In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

A woman should learn in silence with full submission.

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

Older men are to be level headed, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

She watches over the activities of her household
and is never idle.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae.

Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai who had adopted her as his own daughter. When her turn came to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, suggested. Esther won approval in the sight of everyone who saw her.

She sees that her profits are good,
and her lamp never goes out at night.

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace to him,

But if anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other custom, nor do the churches of God.

During the year before each young woman’s turn to go to King Ahasuerus, the harem regulation required her to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

So the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”

Mordecai was the legal guardian of his cousin Hadassah (that is, Esther), because she didn’t have a father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was extremely good-looking. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.

There was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and lords of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.