Bible Dictionary: Husbands: Have Authority Over Their Wives

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Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.
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1 Corinthians 11:3
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.
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Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.
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Library

Letter clix. To Nicætas, Bishop of Aquileia.
... See, on returning to us has delivered your request, beloved, to receive from us
the authority of the ... And, therefore, if husbands who have returned after a ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter clix to nicaetas bishop.htm

Letter cxcix. Canonica Secunda.
... or brothers, or any one having authority over her ... oath to do some hurt to those under
their authority. ... principle as wives who, when their husbands have been on ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cxcix canonica secunda.htm

The Church Apostrophised as Teacher of all Wisdom. Doctrine of the ...
... Thou subjectest women to their husbands in chaste and ... Thou givest to men authority
over their wives, not to mock ... a consuming fire," [137] and, "I have come to ...
/.../chapter 30 name church apostrophised.htm

I Shall at once Go On, Then, to Exhibit the Peculiarities of the ...
... for the emperors, for their ministers and for all in authority, for the ... Why should
they have any care over their chastity, when their husbands so readily ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xxxix i shall at.htm

Titus ii. 5-Feb
... wherefore he adds, "Nor to usurp authority over the man ... pretense of continence separates
wives from their husbands, and he ... And what I have said before, I repeat ...
/.../homily iv titus ii 5-feb.htm

Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
... are accordingly admonished to encourage their husbands in all ... For, according to
Rabbinical authority, such lamps carried ... sacred body, could not have been quite ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 9 mothers daughters and.htm

Bardesan.
... of them, the entire nation, have no husbands; but like ... which are called Zones; and
that over the said portions those seven stars have authority, each of ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents bardesan.htm

Letter iv. To the Bishops Appointed in Campania, Picenum, Etruria ...
... be intimated of those who claim some authority over them. ... For it is well known that
the husbands of widows ... a life given up to all licentiousness, have had all ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter iv to the bishops.htm

1 Thessalonians iv. 9, 10
... have suffered more severely, and with their husbands have lost also ... having been altered
because "ye have no need ... Chrys., but has very slight authority for the ...
/.../homily vi 1 thessalonians iv.htm

Letter xii. Leo, Bishop of the City of Rome, to all the Bishops of ...
... understand not only laymen, but even husbands of second ... any hamlet [113] , nor where
they have not been ... may suffice, whereas the episcopal authority ought to ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter xii leo bishop of.htm

Subtopics

Husbands

Husbands Love

Husbands Role

Husbands: Bad: Ahasuerus

Husbands: Bad: Solomon

Husbands: Duties of, not to Interfere With Their Duties to Christ

Husbands: Duty of, to Wives: Not to Leave Them, Though Unbelieving

Husbands: Duty of, to Wives: To be Faithful to Them

Husbands: Duty of, to Wives: To Comfort Them

Husbands: Duty of, to Wives: To Consult With Them

Husbands: Duty of, to Wives: To Dwell With Them for Life