Genesis 3:16 He told the Woman: “I’ll multiply your pains in childbirth; you’ll give birth to your babies in pain. You’ll want to please your husband, but he’ll lord it o...

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逐节对照

The Message - He told the Woman: “I’ll multiply your pains in childbirth; you’ll give birth to your babies in pain. You’ll want to please your husband, but he’ll lord it over you.”
新标点和合本 - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚；你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管辖你。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的痛苦，你生儿女时必多受痛苦。你必恋慕你丈夫，他必管辖你。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的痛苦，你生儿女时必多受痛苦。你必恋慕你丈夫，他必管辖你。”
当代译本 - 耶和华上帝对女人说： “我必大大加重你怀孕的痛苦，你分娩时必受痛苦。你必恋慕自己的丈夫，你的丈夫必管辖你。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华　神对女人说： “我要大大增加你怀胎的痛苦，你必在痛苦中生产儿女；你要恋慕你的丈夫，他却要管辖你。”
中文标准译本 - 神对女人说： “我要大大增加你怀胎的辛苦，你必在痛苦中生孩子。你必恋慕你的丈夫，而他必管辖你。”
现代标点和合本 - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚，你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫，你丈夫必管辖你。”
和合本（拼音版） - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚，你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫，你丈夫必管辖你。”
New International Version - To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
New International Reader's Version - The Lord God said to the woman, “I will increase your pain when you give birth. You will be in great pain when you have children. You will long for your husband. And he will rule over you.”
English Standard Version - To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”
New Living Translation - Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you. ”
Christian Standard Bible - He said to the woman: I will intensify your labor pains; you will bear children with painful effort. Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you.
New American Standard Bible - To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall deliver children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
New King James Version - To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
Amplified Bible - To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you.”
American Standard Version - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.”
World English Bible - To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
新標點和合本 - 又對女人說：我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚；你生產兒女必多受苦楚。你必戀慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管轄你。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 又對女人說：「我必多多加增你懷胎的痛苦，你生兒女時必多受痛苦。你必戀慕你丈夫，他必管轄你。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 又對女人說：「我必多多加增你懷胎的痛苦，你生兒女時必多受痛苦。你必戀慕你丈夫，他必管轄你。」
當代譯本 - 耶和華上帝對女人說：「我必大大加重你懷孕的痛苦，你分娩時必受痛苦。你必戀慕自己的丈夫，你的丈夫必管轄你。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華　神對女人說： “我要大大增加你懷胎的痛苦，你必在痛苦中生產兒女；你要戀慕你的丈夫，他卻要管轄你。”
呂振中譯本 - 對那女人呢，永恆主上帝也說：『我必定增多你懷孕的疼痛；你必在疼痛中生兒女；你必戀慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管轄你。』對亞當
中文標準譯本 - 神對女人說：「我要大大增加你懷胎的辛苦，你必在痛苦中生孩子。你必戀慕你的丈夫，而他必管轄你。」
現代標點和合本 - 又對女人說：「我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚，你生產兒女必多受苦楚。你必戀慕你丈夫，你丈夫必管轄你。」
文理和合譯本 - 謂婦曰、我必增爾懷妊之苦、產育劬勞、爾必戀夫、夫必轄爾、
文理委辦譯本 - 謂婦曰、我必使爾懷妊劬勞、產育維艱、爾必繫戀於夫、夫為爾綱。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 又謂婦曰、我必使爾懷妊多苦、產子艱難、爾必戀夫、夫必轄爾、
Nueva Versión Internacional - A la mujer le dijo: «Multiplicaré tus dolores en el parto, y darás a luz a tus hijos con dolor. Desearás a tu marido, y él te dominará».
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 하나님이 여자에게 말씀하셨다. “내가 너에게 임신하는 고통을 크게 더할 것이니 네가 진통을 겪으며 자식을 낳을 것이요, 너는 남편을 사모하고 남편은 너를 다스릴 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
Восточный перевод - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dieu dit à la femme : Je rendrai tes grossesses très pénibles et c’est dans la souffrance ╵que tu mettras au monde tes enfants. Tes attentes seront tournées vers ton mari, mais lui, il te dominera.
リビングバイブル - 次に女に向かって、神は言いました。「あなたは苦しみ抜いて子どもを産む。それでもなお夫の愛を求めるが、彼はあなたを支配する。」
Nova Versão Internacional - À mulher, ele declarou: “Multiplicarei grandemente o seu sofrimento na gravidez; com sofrimento você dará à luz filhos. Seu desejo será para o seu marido, e ele a dominará”.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann wandte Gott sich zur Frau: »Ich werde dir in der Schwangerschaft viel Mühe auferlegen. Unter Schmerzen wirst du deine Kinder zur Welt bringen. Du wirst dich nach deinem Mann sehnen, aber er wird dein Herr sein!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ngài phán cùng người nữ: “Ta sẽ tăng thêm khốn khổ khi con thai nghén, và con sẽ đau đớn khi sinh nở. Dục vọng con sẽ hướng về chồng, và chồng sẽ quản trị con.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระองค์ตรัสกับหญิงนั้นว่า “เราจะให้เจ้าเจ็บปวดแสนสาหัส เมื่อเจ้าคลอดบุตร เจ้าจะคลอดบุตรด้วยความเจ็บปวด แต่เจ้าก็ยังปรารถนาสามี และเขาจะปกครองเจ้า”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระองค์กล่าวกับหญิงนั้นว่า “เราจะทวีความลำบากของเจ้าให้มากขึ้นยามมีครรภ์ รวมถึงความเจ็บปวดยามคลอดลูก แม้กระนั้นเจ้ายังจะปรารถนาในสามีของเจ้า และเขาจะเป็นใหญ่เหนือเจ้า”

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Isaiah 53:11 - Out of that terrible travail of soul, he’ll see that it’s worth it and be glad he did it. Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant, will make many “righteous ones,” as he himself carries the burden of their sins. Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly— the best of everything, the highest honors— Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch, because he embraced the company of the lowest. He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all the black sheep.
1 Samuel 4:19 - His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and ready to deliver. When she heard that the Chest of God had been taken and that both her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she dropped to her knees to give birth, going into hard labor. As she was about to die, her midwife said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son!” But she gave no sign that she had heard.
1 Samuel 4:21 - The Chest of God gone, father-in-law dead, husband dead, she named the boy Ichabod (Glory’s-Gone), saying, “Glory is exiled from Israel since the Chest of God was taken.”
Micah 4:9 - So why the doomsday hysterics? You still have a king, don’t you? But maybe he’s not doing his job and you’re panicked like a woman in labor. Well, go ahead—twist and scream, Daughter Jerusalem. You are like a woman in childbirth. You’ll soon be out of the city, on your way and camping in the open country. And then you’ll arrive in Babylon. What you lost in Jerusalem will be found in Babylon. God will give you new life again. He’ll redeem you from your enemies.
Genesis 35:16 - They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid—you have another boy.”
Genesis 35:18 - With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune).
Jeremiah 6:24 - We’ve heard the news, and we’re as limp as wet dishrags. We’re paralyzed with fear. Terror has a death grip on our throats. Don’t dare go outdoors! Don’t leave the house! Death is on the prowl. Danger everywhere!
John 16:21 - “When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you’ll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You’ll no longer be so full of questions.
1 Peter 3:1 - The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition.
1 Peter 3:4 - Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands. Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as “my dear husband.” You’ll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.
Ephesians 5:22 - Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
1 Timothy 2:11 - I don’t let women take over and tell the men what to do. They should study to be quiet and obedient along with everyone else. Adam was made first, then Eve; woman was deceived first—our pioneer in sin!—with Adam right on her heels. On the other hand, her childbearing brought about salvation, reversing Eve. But this salvation only comes to those who continue in faith, love, and holiness, gathering it all into maturity. You can depend on this.
1 Corinthians 11:3 - In a marriage relationship, there is authority from Christ to husband, and from husband to wife. The authority of Christ is the authority of God. Any man who speaks with God or about God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of Christ, dishonors Christ. In the same way, a wife who speaks with God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of her husband, dishonors her husband. Worse, she dishonors herself—an ugly sight, like a woman with her head shaved. This is basically the origin of these customs we have of women wearing head coverings in worship, while men take their hats off. By these symbolic acts, men and women, who far too often butt heads with each other, submit their “heads” to the Head: God.
1 Corinthians 14:34 - Wives must not disrupt worship, talking when they should be listening, asking questions that could more appropriately be asked of their husbands at home. God’s Book of the law guides our manners and customs here. Wives have no license to use the time of worship for unwarranted speaking. Do you—both women and men—imagine that you’re a sacred oracle determining what’s right and wrong? Do you think everything revolves around you?
Colossians 3:18 - Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - He told the Woman: “I’ll multiply your pains in childbirth; you’ll give birth to your babies in pain. You’ll want to please your husband, but he’ll lord it over you.”
新标点和合本 - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚；你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管辖你。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的痛苦，你生儿女时必多受痛苦。你必恋慕你丈夫，他必管辖你。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的痛苦，你生儿女时必多受痛苦。你必恋慕你丈夫，他必管辖你。”
当代译本 - 耶和华上帝对女人说： “我必大大加重你怀孕的痛苦，你分娩时必受痛苦。你必恋慕自己的丈夫，你的丈夫必管辖你。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华　神对女人说： “我要大大增加你怀胎的痛苦，你必在痛苦中生产儿女；你要恋慕你的丈夫，他却要管辖你。”
中文标准译本 - 神对女人说： “我要大大增加你怀胎的辛苦，你必在痛苦中生孩子。你必恋慕你的丈夫，而他必管辖你。”
现代标点和合本 - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚，你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫，你丈夫必管辖你。”
和合本（拼音版） - 又对女人说： “我必多多加增你怀胎的苦楚，你生产儿女必多受苦楚。你必恋慕你丈夫，你丈夫必管辖你。”
New International Version - To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
New International Reader's Version - The Lord God said to the woman, “I will increase your pain when you give birth. You will be in great pain when you have children. You will long for your husband. And he will rule over you.”
English Standard Version - To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”
New Living Translation - Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you. ”
Christian Standard Bible - He said to the woman: I will intensify your labor pains; you will bear children with painful effort. Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you.
New American Standard Bible - To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall deliver children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
New King James Version - To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
Amplified Bible - To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you.”
American Standard Version - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.”
World English Bible - To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
新標點和合本 - 又對女人說：我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚；你生產兒女必多受苦楚。你必戀慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管轄你。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 又對女人說：「我必多多加增你懷胎的痛苦，你生兒女時必多受痛苦。你必戀慕你丈夫，他必管轄你。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 又對女人說：「我必多多加增你懷胎的痛苦，你生兒女時必多受痛苦。你必戀慕你丈夫，他必管轄你。」
當代譯本 - 耶和華上帝對女人說：「我必大大加重你懷孕的痛苦，你分娩時必受痛苦。你必戀慕自己的丈夫，你的丈夫必管轄你。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華　神對女人說： “我要大大增加你懷胎的痛苦，你必在痛苦中生產兒女；你要戀慕你的丈夫，他卻要管轄你。”
呂振中譯本 - 對那女人呢，永恆主上帝也說：『我必定增多你懷孕的疼痛；你必在疼痛中生兒女；你必戀慕你丈夫；你丈夫必管轄你。』對亞當
中文標準譯本 - 神對女人說：「我要大大增加你懷胎的辛苦，你必在痛苦中生孩子。你必戀慕你的丈夫，而他必管轄你。」
現代標點和合本 - 又對女人說：「我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚，你生產兒女必多受苦楚。你必戀慕你丈夫，你丈夫必管轄你。」
文理和合譯本 - 謂婦曰、我必增爾懷妊之苦、產育劬勞、爾必戀夫、夫必轄爾、
文理委辦譯本 - 謂婦曰、我必使爾懷妊劬勞、產育維艱、爾必繫戀於夫、夫為爾綱。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 又謂婦曰、我必使爾懷妊多苦、產子艱難、爾必戀夫、夫必轄爾、
Nueva Versión Internacional - A la mujer le dijo: «Multiplicaré tus dolores en el parto, y darás a luz a tus hijos con dolor. Desearás a tu marido, y él te dominará».
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 하나님이 여자에게 말씀하셨다. “내가 너에게 임신하는 고통을 크게 더할 것이니 네가 진통을 겪으며 자식을 낳을 것이요, 너는 남편을 사모하고 남편은 너를 다스릴 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
Восточный перевод - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А женщине Он сказал: – Я мучительной сделаю беременность твою: в страдании ты будешь рожать детей. Ты будешь желать мужа, и он будет властвовать над тобою.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dieu dit à la femme : Je rendrai tes grossesses très pénibles et c’est dans la souffrance ╵que tu mettras au monde tes enfants. Tes attentes seront tournées vers ton mari, mais lui, il te dominera.
リビングバイブル - 次に女に向かって、神は言いました。「あなたは苦しみ抜いて子どもを産む。それでもなお夫の愛を求めるが、彼はあなたを支配する。」
Nova Versão Internacional - À mulher, ele declarou: “Multiplicarei grandemente o seu sofrimento na gravidez; com sofrimento você dará à luz filhos. Seu desejo será para o seu marido, e ele a dominará”.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann wandte Gott sich zur Frau: »Ich werde dir in der Schwangerschaft viel Mühe auferlegen. Unter Schmerzen wirst du deine Kinder zur Welt bringen. Du wirst dich nach deinem Mann sehnen, aber er wird dein Herr sein!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ngài phán cùng người nữ: “Ta sẽ tăng thêm khốn khổ khi con thai nghén, và con sẽ đau đớn khi sinh nở. Dục vọng con sẽ hướng về chồng, và chồng sẽ quản trị con.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระองค์ตรัสกับหญิงนั้นว่า “เราจะให้เจ้าเจ็บปวดแสนสาหัส เมื่อเจ้าคลอดบุตร เจ้าจะคลอดบุตรด้วยความเจ็บปวด แต่เจ้าก็ยังปรารถนาสามี และเขาจะปกครองเจ้า”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระองค์กล่าวกับหญิงนั้นว่า “เราจะทวีความลำบากของเจ้าให้มากขึ้นยามมีครรภ์ รวมถึงความเจ็บปวดยามคลอดลูก แม้กระนั้นเจ้ายังจะปรารถนาในสามีของเจ้า และเขาจะเป็นใหญ่เหนือเจ้า”

Isaiah 53:11 - Out of that terrible travail of soul, he’ll see that it’s worth it and be glad he did it. Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant, will make many “righteous ones,” as he himself carries the burden of their sins. Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly— the best of everything, the highest honors— Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch, because he embraced the company of the lowest. He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all the black sheep.
1 Samuel 4:19 - His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and ready to deliver. When she heard that the Chest of God had been taken and that both her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she dropped to her knees to give birth, going into hard labor. As she was about to die, her midwife said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son!” But she gave no sign that she had heard.
1 Samuel 4:21 - The Chest of God gone, father-in-law dead, husband dead, she named the boy Ichabod (Glory’s-Gone), saying, “Glory is exiled from Israel since the Chest of God was taken.”
Micah 4:9 - So why the doomsday hysterics? You still have a king, don’t you? But maybe he’s not doing his job and you’re panicked like a woman in labor. Well, go ahead—twist and scream, Daughter Jerusalem. You are like a woman in childbirth. You’ll soon be out of the city, on your way and camping in the open country. And then you’ll arrive in Babylon. What you lost in Jerusalem will be found in Babylon. God will give you new life again. He’ll redeem you from your enemies.
Genesis 35:16 - They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid—you have another boy.”
Genesis 35:18 - With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune).
Jeremiah 6:24 - We’ve heard the news, and we’re as limp as wet dishrags. We’re paralyzed with fear. Terror has a death grip on our throats. Don’t dare go outdoors! Don’t leave the house! Death is on the prowl. Danger everywhere!
John 16:21 - “When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you’ll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You’ll no longer be so full of questions.
1 Peter 3:1 - The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition.
1 Peter 3:4 - Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands. Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as “my dear husband.” You’ll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.
Ephesians 5:22 - Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
1 Timothy 2:11 - I don’t let women take over and tell the men what to do. They should study to be quiet and obedient along with everyone else. Adam was made first, then Eve; woman was deceived first—our pioneer in sin!—with Adam right on her heels. On the other hand, her childbearing brought about salvation, reversing Eve. But this salvation only comes to those who continue in faith, love, and holiness, gathering it all into maturity. You can depend on this.
1 Corinthians 11:3 - In a marriage relationship, there is authority from Christ to husband, and from husband to wife. The authority of Christ is the authority of God. Any man who speaks with God or about God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of Christ, dishonors Christ. In the same way, a wife who speaks with God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of her husband, dishonors her husband. Worse, she dishonors herself—an ugly sight, like a woman with her head shaved. This is basically the origin of these customs we have of women wearing head coverings in worship, while men take their hats off. By these symbolic acts, men and women, who far too often butt heads with each other, submit their “heads” to the Head: God.
1 Corinthians 14:34 - Wives must not disrupt worship, talking when they should be listening, asking questions that could more appropriately be asked of their husbands at home. God’s Book of the law guides our manners and customs here. Wives have no license to use the time of worship for unwarranted speaking. Do you—both women and men—imagine that you’re a sacred oracle determining what’s right and wrong? Do you think everything revolves around you?
Colossians 3:18 - Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master.