Verse 18

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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  • Eph 5:22-6:9 : 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. 24 As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water through the word, 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of His body. 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. 5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ. 6 Do not work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people, 8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free. 9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way, without threatening them, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
  • 1 Pet 3:1-6 : 1 In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives. 2 When they observe your pure and reverent behavior. 3 Let your beauty not be external—such as elaborate hairstyles, the wearing of gold jewelry, or fine clothes. 4 Instead, it should be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. 5 For in this way, in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, submitting to their own husbands. 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her children if you do what is good and do not fear anything that frightens you.
  • 1 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
  • 1 Tim 2:12 : 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be quiet.
  • Titus 2:4-5 : 4 They are to encourage the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, committed to their homes, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be slandered.
  • Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman He said, 'I will greatly increase your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'
  • Esth 1:20 : 20 When the king's edict is proclaimed throughout his vast kingdom, all the women will give respect to their husbands, from the least to the greatest.
  • 1 Cor 14:34 : 34 Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak but must be in submission, as the law says.
  • Eph 5:3 : 3 But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the apostles replied, 'We must obey God rather than men.'