Ephesians 5:22

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Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

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  • Col 3:18-4:1 : 18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they won’t become discouraged. 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for people. 24 Knowing that you will receive the reward of your inheritance from the Lord, serve the Lord Christ. 25 But the one who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no favoritism. 1 Masters, treat your servants with justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
  • 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.'
  • 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.
  • Titus 2:5 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be quiet.
  • 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.
  • Esth 1:16-18 : 16 Memucan responded in the presence of the king and the officials, 'Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also all the officials and all the peoples in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.' 17 For the queen's conduct will become known to all the women, causing them to look down on their husbands by saying, 'King Ahasuerus ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.' 18 Today the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen's actions will say the same to all the king's officials, leading to much contempt and anger.

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  • Eph 5:23-29
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    89%

    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,

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

    19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  • Eph 5:21
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    21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

  • 1 Pet 3:1-2
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    83%

    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.

  • 1 Pet 3:5-7
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    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.

    7 Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

  • Eph 5:31-33
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    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.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-4
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    2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

    3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    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.

  • Eph 6:5
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    5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ.

  • 1 Cor 14:34-35
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    34 Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak but must be in submission, as the law says.

    35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

  • 1 Tim 2:11-12
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    11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.

    12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be quiet.

  • 1 Cor 11:10-12
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    10 For this reason, a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head because of the angels.

    11 Nevertheless, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

    12 For just as woman came from man, so also man is born through woman; but everything comes from God.

  • Col 3:22
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    22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

  • 1 Pet 5:5
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    5 In the same way, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • Eph 1:22
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    22 And He put all things under His feet and made Him head over all things for the church,

  • 1 Pet 2:13
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    13 Submit yourselves to every human authority for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as the one in authority,

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10 To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

  • 1 Tim 3:11
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    11 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded and faithful in all things.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14 Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

  • Gen 2:24
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    24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

  • Matt 19:5
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    5 And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

  • Jas 4:7
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    7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • 1 Tim 5:2
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    2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4 He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity.

    5 (For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

  • Rom 7:2
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    2 For a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
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    39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

  • Mark 10:7
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    7 'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

  • 1 Cor 11:5
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    5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head; it is the same as if her head were shaved.

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