Ephesians 5:25 commands husbands to practice responsible, self-giving love patterned after Christ’s care for the Christian congregation.
Daily Devotional for Thursday, August 13, 2026
Marriage, Family, Work, and Daily Responsibility
A biblical worldview brings marriage, family, work, and daily responsibility under Jehovah’s truth and Christ’s authority.
Rules for Women: Supporting Her Husband’s Reputation and Success
A biblical wife strengthens her husband’s good name through loyalty, wise counsel, discretion, courage, and faithful partnership.
Rules for Women: Bringing Good, Not Harm, to Her Marriage
A wife brings good to marriage through respect, loyalty, wise speech, financial cooperation, forgiveness, intimacy, and devotion to Jehovah.
Rules for Women: Earning Her Husband’s Full Trust
A wife earns full trust through truthfulness, sexual fidelity, financial honesty, discretion, reliability, competence, and reverence for Jehovah.
Rules for Women: What It Means to Be a Wife
A biblical wife honors her covenant through respect, faithfulness, wise support, honest communication, competent stewardship, and devotion to God.
Rules for Men: What It Means to Be a Husband
A biblical husband keeps covenant, loves sacrificially, leads accountably, remains faithful, communicates truthfully, and protects his wife.
Why Does Jehovah Value a Wife Who Fears Him?
A godly wife is precious to Jehovah because she fears Him, strengthens her household, speaks wisdom, and lives faithfully.
How Can Husbands Keep Their Marriage Centered on Jehovah’s Word?
A husband centers marriage on Jehovah’s Word by submitting to Scripture, loving sacrificially, guarding the home, and leading worship.
What Does the Bible Teach About Headship in Marriage?
Biblical headship is the husband’s loving leadership under Christ, joined with a wife’s respectful support and equal dignity before Jehovah.
