THE BIBLICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF WOMEN
Position
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Galatians 3:26-28 “For ye are all the
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you
as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew
nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male
nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
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I Corinthians 11:1-12 “Nevertheless, neither
is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the
man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the
man also by the woman; but all things of God.”
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Revelations 1:5-6 “Unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and
priests unto God and his father; to him be glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen.”
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Revelation 5:9-10 “Thou has redeemed us to
God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation;
and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign
on the earth.”
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Ephesians 2:13-14 “But now in Christ
Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken
down the middle wall of partition between us;”
Relationship
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Ephesians 5:21 “Submitting one to
another in the fear of God.”
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I Peter 5:5 “Yea, all of you be subject
one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
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Philippians 2:3 “In lowliness of mind
let each esteem other better than themselves.”
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Ephesians 5:22-24 “Wives, submit
yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 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. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.”
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I Peter 3:1, 5 “Likewise, ye wives, be in
subjection to your own husbands…After this manner in the old time the
holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves being in
subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham,
calling him lord:”
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Colossians 3:18 “Wives, submit
yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
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I Corinthians 16:15-16 “I beseech you
brethren, (they that have addicted themselves to the ministry of the
saints,) that ye submit yourselves unto such, and to everyone that
helpeth with us, and laboureth.”
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I Timothy 2:12 “But I suffer not a
woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be
in silence.”
Role
Role in individual relationship to God
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Galatians 3:26-29 “For ye are all the
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. There is neither male nor
female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as
have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. And if ye be Christ’s,
then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Role in personal spiritual disciplines
Walk in daily repentance and confession
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I Corinthians 11:31-32 “If we judge
ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged we
are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world.”
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John 15:3 “Ye are clean through the Word.”
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Ephesisans 5:26 “That Christ might
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the water by the Word.”
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James 5:16 “Confess your faults
one to another.”
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I John 1:9 “If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”
Be continually filled with the Spirit
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Ephesians 5:18 “Be not drunk with wine
wherein is excess; but be ye filled with the Spirit.”
Be in the Word
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Read: Revelation 1:3 “Blessed is he that
readeth, heareth and keepeth those things which are written.”
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Hear: Romans 10:17 “faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.”
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Study: II Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the Word of truth.”
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Memorize: Psalm 119:11 “Thy Word have I
hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
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Meditate: Psalm 1:2-3 “His delight is in the
law of the Lord, and in his law doth he mediate day and night.”
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Obey: I John 1:4 “These things write we unto
you, that your joy may be full.”
Be equipped for spiritual warfare
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Ephesians 6:10-18 “Put on the whole
armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.
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II Corinthians 10:45- “Pulling down
strongholds; casting down imaginations. Bringing into
captivity every thought to the obedience to Christ.”
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Matthew 6:13 “Deliver us from the
evil one.”
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Philippians 4:4-9 “Jesus stand guard
over your hearts and minds.”
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Romans 6:13 “Yield your members as
instruments of righteousness.”
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James 4:7 “Resist the devil and he
will flee from you.”
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Matthew 4:4,7,10 “It is written…”
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Romans 12:1-2 “Present your bodies as
a living sacrifice…”
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Ephesians 4:18 “Be filled with the
Spirit.”
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Matthew 8:5-13 “Be under godly authority…”
Pray
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Ephesians 6:18 “Praying in the
Spirit.”
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I Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without
ceasing.”
Fast
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Matthew 9:14-15 “The days will come when the
bridegroom shall be taken from them and they shall fast.”
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Acts 13:2-3 “They fasted and
prayed…the Holy Spirit spoke…they fasted and prayed.”
Worship
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Acts 13:2 “They ministered unto the
Lord.”
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John 4:20-24 “Worship in Spirit and
in Truth.”
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Psalm 100:2 “Come before His presence
with singing and into His gates with thanksgiving and into His
courts with praise. Be thankful unto Him and bless His
Name.”
Witness
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Acts 1:8 “Ye shall be witness unto
Me…”
Role as Wife
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Genesis 2:18-24:“It is not good for man to
be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And the Lord God
caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and God took one of his
ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord
God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she
shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore
shall a man leave his father and is mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh.”
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Titus 2:4 “Teach women to love
their husbands.”
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Titus 2:5 “Teach women to be
obedient to their own husbands, that the
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Word of God be not blasphemed.”
Role as Mother
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Genesis 3:16 “Unto the woman God
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.”
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Titus 2:4 “Teach women to love
their children.”
Role as Housekeeper
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Titus 2:4 “Teach women to be keepers at
home.”
Role in Business/Vocation
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Acts 9:36-42 “There was in Joppa a certain
disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas:
this woman was full of good works and alms deeds which she did…widows showed
the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while
she was with them.”
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Acts 16:14-15, 40 “And a certain woman named
Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, which
worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended
unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And she was baptized and her
household, she besought us, saying, if ye have judged me to be faithful to
the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us. And
they went out of the prison and entered into the house of
Lydia:
and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.”
Ministry
Silence
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I Corinthians 14:34-35 “Let the women
keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted
unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as
also saith the law. And it they will learn anything, let them ask their
husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak
in the church.”
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I Timothy 2:11-12 “Let the women
learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to
teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
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I Peter 3:4 “Even the ornament of a meek
and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”
Service
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Luke 2:36-38 “There was one Anna, a
prophetess, the daughter of Pharnuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was
of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her
virginity. And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which
departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings
and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave
thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for
redemption in Jerusalem.”
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Acts 1:14 “These all continued with one
accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and
Mary the mother of Jesus, with his brethren.”
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Acts 2:17-18 “And it shall come to pass in
the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon
all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy…and
on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy:”
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Acts 21:8-9 “Philip the evangelist, which
was one of the seven; and the same man had four daughters, virgins,
which did prophesy.”
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I Corinthians 11:5 “But every woman
that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered
dishonoureth her head:”
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Philippians 4:3 “I entreat thee also, true
yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the
gospel
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Romans 16:1 “I commend unto you Phebe our
sister, which is a servant of the church which is at
Cenchrea: that ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and
that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for
she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.”
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I Timothy 3:11 “Even so must women be
grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all
things.”
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Acts 12:12 “Peter came to the house of
Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were
gathered together praying.”
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Acts 16:14-15, 40 “And on the sabbath we
went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and
we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain
woman named Lydia,
a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatiria, which worshipped
God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the
things which were spoken of Paul. And she was baptized, and her
household, she besought us, saying, if ye have judged me to be faithful to
the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained
us. And Paul and Silas entered the house of
Lydia:
and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.”
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Acts 18:26 “And Apolos began to speak boldly
in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took
him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more
perfectly.”
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Titus 2:3-5 “The aged women likewise,
that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false
accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good
things; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to
love their husbands, to love their children. To be
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
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II Timothy 1:5 “When I call to remembrance
the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother
Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee
also. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and
hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,”
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I Timothy 5:2, 10, 13-14 “Entreat the
elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children,
if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the
saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have
diligently followed every good work. Learn not to be idle, wandering
about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and
busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. I will therefore that the
younger women marry, bear children, guide the house,
give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”
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I Corinthians 11:5, 6, 13, 15 “But every
woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered
dishonoureth her head: let her be covered. Is it comely that a woman pray
unto God uncovered? Her hair is given her for a covering.”
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I Timothy 2:9, 10, 15 “In like manner also,
that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with
shamefacedness and sobriety not with broided hair, or
gold, or pearls, or costly array. But which becometh
women professing godliness with good works…continue in the
faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”
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Ephesians 5:1 “Speaking to yourselves
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord.”
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Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
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