Mark 6:7-13, 7 And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits...12 So they went out and preached that people should...
Jas 1:4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. The previous vs. highlights faith as a necessity to produce/develop steadfastness (patience). Patience cannot be dictated...
Eph 5:33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. The husband's duty to the wife is the...
Eph 5:26-28, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or...
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, Paul in three verses gives instructions to the wives, and to the husbands, he has more to...
Eph 5:23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body The metaphor is taken from the head in the...
Eph 5:22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. The first 21 verses of this chapter, Paul speaks of the general rule for both husbands and wives as believers in Christ. From...
Eph 5:18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit In speaking of wisdom, Paul gives a few examples of how we should walk in it....
Eph 5:15-17, 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil... Godly marriage calls for walking in wisdom, that is Paul’s third...
Eph 5:10-14, 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. This is finding the will of God (the permissive or general and the perfect will of God). To find God’s permissive will is to...