Love is a sugar to sweeten the duties of authority which pertain to a husband. Respect is as salt to season all the duties of subjection which pertain to a wife. –William Gouge

1. HE’S BRAVE BECAUSE HE HAS STRONG FAITH IN GOD. “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” –1 Corinthians 16:13

2. HE DRESSES IN A WAY THAT IS DISTINCTLY MASCULINE. “A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this.” –Deuteronomy 22:5

3. HE FINANCIALLY PROVIDES FOR HIS FAMILY FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITY. “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” –1 Timothy 5:8

4. HE LOVES HIS WIFE. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” –Ephesians 5:25

5. HE TEACHES THE BIBLE TO HIS KIDS–AND DOESN’T PROVOKE THEM TO ANGER. “Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” –Ephesians 6:4 (NKJV)

6. HE PURSUES PEACE AND HOLINESS IN HIS RELATIONS. “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.” –Hebrews 12:14 (KJV)

7. HE’S USUALLY AMONG THE GODLY MIDDLE CLASS. “Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.” –1 Corinthians 1:26 (KJV)

8. HE’S A MAN OF PRAYER. “I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.” –1 Timothy 2:8 (KJV)

9. HE OVERCOMES SEXUAL LUST THROUGH BEING FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE. “I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.” –1 John 2:13-14 (KJV)

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John Piper and Wayne Grudem, eds. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Crossway, 2021).

John R. Rice, Bobbed Hair, Bossy Wives, and Women Preachers (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1941).

—. Rebellious Wives and Slacker Husbands (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1943).