I Corinthians 7:4 New King James Version (NKJV) The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer.
Ephesians 5:23-33 In-Context
23 For a husband has authority over his wife just as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is himself the Savior of the church, his body. 24 And so wives must submit themselves completely to their husbands just as the church submits itself to Christ.
In Ephesians 5:22-33, Paul1 commands wives to be subjected to their husbands, while husbands should love their wives as Christ loved his church; the wife must submit to her husband, because the husband is the head of the wife (v.
In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV), he asks, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
[6] For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. [7] For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Here's a key passage from Scripture, Ephesians 5:22-30: Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour.
Proverbs 12:4 – “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him is as rottenness in his bones.” Marriage is a life-long covenant between a man and a woman to live as one flesh, for their mutual benefit, and for the bearing of children.
Controlling husbands may gaslight their partners by being intentionally vague, passive-aggressive, or deceitful. Instead of being direct, they purposely want to distort your reality. You're left wondering if you're overreacting or looking into things- this power imbalance can give them an upper hand for control.
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. God commands men to love their wives as their own bodies, noting in Ephesians 5:28 that a man who shows love for his wife also clearly loves himself. This is a powerful Bible verse about love and marriage.
Being able to make our own decisions about our health, body and sexual life is a basic human right. Whoever you are, wherever you live, you have the right to make these choices without fear, violence or discrimination.
It is important to remember that you do not have to share everything with another person in a relationship. Some things to remember in any relationship: You have the right to privacy in any relationship, including with your spouse, partner, and family.
After marriage, both the spouses have conjugal rights against each other, i.e. right to stay in each other's company. In case one spouse leaves the company of a spouse and stays separately, they can knock the court's door to bring the spouse back.
The primary role of a husband in a marriage is to love his wife unconditionally and unselfishly. The husband is often looked at as the rock-solid support in a family and someone a wife can lean on in her difficult times.
21 Follow the lead of one another because of your respect for Christ. 22 Wives, follow the lead of your husbands as you follow the Lord. 23 The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church.
Besides submitting themselves to their wives as another Christian, Paul commanded: “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it” (Ephesians 5:25 KJV); “So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies; he that loveth his wife loveth himself” (Ephesians 5:28 KJV); “let ...
At a very young age the females were taught specific “womanly duties” that consisted of household chores, cooking,catering to your husband, and taking care of the kids.
A Christian husband should love his wife as he does himself and always protect her from all harm (Eph. 5:25–29). He should do his best to “nurture and cherish” his wife in the love of Christ as he would his own flesh and tend to her spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and physical needs (Eph. 5:29; Col.
As Ephesians 5:33 instructs, “However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.” What is this? Just as women need love, men need respect. And as a husband feels respected by his wife, he will begin to live in such a way that he is worthy of respect.
As we honor, submit, and respect Him, He honors and respects His children. And this is what Peter is commanding husbands to do, to cover their wives- to honor her, also they are called to submit, and respect her.
1 Timothy 2:9-10
Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
1 Corinthians 11: 2-16 (NKJV)
6 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. 7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.