Bible verses about "headship" | Wesley

¹ Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. ² Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the orders, as I delivered them to you. ³ But I would have you know, that the head of the woman is the man, and the head of every man is Christ, and the head of Christ is God. ⁴ Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, dishonoureth his head. ⁵ But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered, dishonoureth her head; for it is the same as if she were shaved. ⁶ Therefore if a woman is not covered, let her also be shaved: but if it be shameful, for a woman to have her hair shaved off, or cut short, let her be covered. ⁷ A man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. ⁸ For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. ⁹ Neither was the man created for the sake of the woman, but the woman for the sake of the man. ¹⁰ For this cause also the woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels. ¹¹ Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord. ¹² And as the woman was of the man, so also the man is by the woman; but all things are of God. ¹³ Judge of yourselves: is it decent for a woman to pray to God uncovered? ¹⁴ Doth not nature itself teach you, that for a man to have long hair, is a disgrace to him? ¹⁵ Whereas for a woman to have long hair, is a glory to her; for her hair was given her instead of a veil. ¹⁶ But if any one be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. ¹⁷ But in this which I declare, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. ¹⁸ For first, when ye come together in the church, I hear there are schisms among you, (and I partly believe it. ¹⁹ For there must be heresies also among you, that the approved among you may be manifest). ²⁰ Therefore when ye come together into one place, it is not eating the Lord's supper. ²¹ For in eating every one taketh before another his own supper, and one is hungry, another drinks largely. ²² What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or do ye despise the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? ²³ I praise you not. For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the night in which he was betrayed, ²⁴ took bread, And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of me. ²⁵ In like manner also he took the cup after he had supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. ²⁶ Therefore as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye shew forth the Lord's death, till he come. ²⁷ So that whosoever shall eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸ Therefore let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹ For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not distinguishing the Lord's body. ³⁰ For this cause many are sick and weak among you, and many sleep. ³¹ For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. ³² But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. ³³ Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another. ³⁴ And if any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye come not together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as unto the Lord. ²³ For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ also is head of the church: ²⁴ (and he is the Saviour of the body) Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it; ²⁶ That he might sanctify it (having cleansed it by the washing of water) through the word: ²⁷ That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, that it may be holy and unblamable. ²⁸ Men ought so to love their wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself. ²⁹ Now no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also the Lord the church. ³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. ³¹ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh. ³² This is a great mystery; I mean, concerning Christ and the church. ³³ But let every one of you in particular so love his wife as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.

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