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w726/15p.360GodRespectstheFamilyArrangement***Jehovah believes in the family arrangement and has made the family the basic unit of earthly society. The place, meaning and function of the family originate with him. He is the Father "to whom every family in heaven and on earth owes its name." (Eph. 3:15) He gives the family dignity and status. The father in the family is head, the mother is helper, and the two together have divinely given responsibility for the children’s control.
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w7710/15p.638HowChristiansAre"NoPartoftheWorld"***Jehovah’s Witnesses recognize the headship principle as expressed by the apostle Paul: "I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn the head of the Christ is God." (1 Cor. 11:3) They view marriage as a partnership in which the husband is the "senior" member, responsible for the final decisions in the family. Father and mother together have authority over children, both Scripturally and by law. (Eph. 6:1) They are required to bring them up "in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah," the father having the primary responsibility.—Eph. 6:4.