The role and responsibilities of a husband are addressed throughout the Bible, providing guidance on how a husband should conduct himself within the marriage covenant. The Scriptures emphasize love, leadership, provision, and faithfulness as key aspects of a husband's duties.

Love and Sacrifice

Ephesians 5:25-28 instructs husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself."

This passage highlights the sacrificial nature of a husband's love, mirroring Christ's selfless love for the church. It calls husbands to prioritize their wives' spiritual and emotional well-being, nurturing them with care and respect.

Leadership and Authority

The Bible also speaks to the husband's role as the head of the household. In 1 Corinthians 11:3 , it states, "But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." This establishes a structure of leadership within the family, where the husband is called to lead with integrity and humility, under the authority of Christ.

Provision and Responsibility

1 Timothy 5:8 underscores the husband's responsibility to provide for his family: "If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." This verse emphasizes the importance of a husband's duty to ensure the physical and material needs of his family are met, reflecting his commitment and care.

Faithfulness and Commitment

The covenant of marriage is sacred, and husbands are called to remain faithful to their wives. Malachi 2:14-15 addresses the issue of marital faithfulness: "Yet you ask, 'For what reason?' Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your partner and the wife of your marriage covenant. Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth."

This passage highlights the spiritual and covenantal nature of marriage, urging husbands to remain loyal and committed to their wives, fostering a relationship that honors God.

Understanding and Honor

1 Peter 3:7 advises husbands to live with their wives in an understanding way: "Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered." This verse calls husbands to be considerate and respectful, recognizing the equal spiritual standing of their wives before God.

These scriptures collectively provide a comprehensive view of the biblical expectations for husbands, emphasizing love, leadership, provision, faithfulness, and understanding as foundational principles for a godly marriage.Genesis 2:23,24
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.
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Numbers 5:11-31
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Deuteronomy 22:13-21
If any man take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her,
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Deuteronomy 24:5
When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he has taken.
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Proverbs 5:15-19
Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you take under the sun.
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Malachi 2:14-16
Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously: yet is she your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
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Matthew 19:5
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall join to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
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Mark 10:7
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and join to his wife;
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1 Corinthians 7:3,5,14,16,33
Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.
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1 Corinthians 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
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Ephesians 5:22-33
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
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Colossians 3:18,19
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
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1 Timothy 5:8
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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Eusebius: Constantine. General Index.
... jealousy, suspiciousness, faithlessness; as son, husband, father, friend, as general,
legislator, statesman ... concerning copies of the Scriptures, [3533]548 ...
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Concerning Christian Liberty
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that is the husband's is also ... And in general, no work makes the workman such ...
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Unity of the Faith of the Church Throughout the Whole World.
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Scriptures concerning the end ... than of her who possessed a husband." [2797] For ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter x unity of the faith.htm

Christ the Believer's Husband
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glorious husband, Jesus Christ ... Second general head, under which I was to show ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/christ the believers husband.htm

John iv. 13, 14
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Christ having ... hand and goes over its contents, and searches the Scriptures? ...
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Concerning Christian Liberty
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that is the husband's is also ... And in general no work makes the workman such as ...
/.../luther/concerning christian liberty/concerning christian liberty.htm

Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and ...
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to thy husband Christ Jesus ... the quarrel, or choose a better general(396) for ...
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On the Words Incarnate, and Made Man.
... Are not the Holy Scriptures our salvation ... who say that the Saviour's birth was of
husband and wife ... to denote the Incarnation in a perfectly general way, without ...
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Joseph
... so happen; that is part and parcel of the Holy Scriptures. ... sight, not to be needed
for the general plan of ... That the ties of husband and wife, parent and child ...
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Of the Argument Drawn from 1 Cor. xi. 5-16.
... the custom to argue even from the Scriptures in opposition ... anxious how she may please
her husband." This will ... So, too, we are content with general words, which ...
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