Bible Verses about “male leadership”

“Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;”

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”

“But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”

“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.”

“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”

“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”

“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”

“¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”

“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”

“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”

“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.”

“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.”

“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.”

“¶ Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”

“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”

“For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:”

“While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear.”

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.”

“Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”

“Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.”

“¶ Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”

“For Adam was first formed, then Eve.”

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”

“¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.”

“For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;”

“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;”

“¶ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:”

“¶ If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.”

“¶ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”

“Let all your things be done with charity.”