Bible verses about "womanhood" | Sawyer

^{36 (3:7)} And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was far advanced in years, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; ³⁷ and she had been a widow eighty-four years, and departed not from the temple, serving God night and day with fastings and prayers. ³⁸ And she coming by at that time, praised God, and spoke of him [the child] to all who expected a redemption in Jerusalem.

^{38 (15:3)} And as they were pursuing their journey he entered into a certain village. And a woman by the name of Martha received him into her house. ³⁹ And she had a sister called Mary, and she sat at the feet of the Lord and heard his word. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted with much serving, and came and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her, therefore, to help me. ⁴¹ And the Lord answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and disturbed about many things, ⁴² but of one thing there is need; and Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

¹² for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, but all things are from God.

²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither servant nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

³ But I wish you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman, the man, and the head of Christ, God.

²² Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord, ²³ for the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; he is the savior of the body. ²⁴ But as the church is subject to Christ, so also let wives be subject to husbands in every thing.

⁷ In like manner let the husbands [do], living together in knowledge with the wife as with a vessel of less strength, deeming them precious, co-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

³ that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good, ⁴ that they may instruct the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children, ⁵ sober, pure, fond of home, kind, subject to their husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

^{1 (2:4)} In like manner let the women be subject to their husbands, that even if some disobey the word, they may be gained through the conduct of their wives without the word,

⁵ For so formerly also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their husbands,