1 Peter 3:1

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Wives and Husbands In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

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  • Col 3:18 : 18 Exhortation to Households Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?
  • 1 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
  • Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman he said,“I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.”
  • 1 Cor 14:34 : 34 the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.
  • Eph 5:22-24 : 22 Exhortations to Households Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church(he himself being the savior of the body). 24 But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-22 : 19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law(though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law. 21 To those free from the law I became like one free from the law(though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law. 22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.
  • 1 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.
  • Titus 2:3-6 : 3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. 4 In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited. 6 Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, 20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
  • Rom 6:17 : 17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,
  • Rom 7:2 : 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
  • Rom 10:16 : 16 But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says,“Lord, who has believed our report?”
  • Esth 1:16-20 : 16 Memucan then replied to the king and the officials,“The wrong of Queen Vashti is not against the king alone, but against all the officials and all the people who are throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying,‘When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.’ 18 And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger! 19 If the king is so inclined, let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, that Vashti may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another who is more deserving than she. 20 And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.”
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
  • Prov 18:19 : 19 A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

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  • Col 3:18-20
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    18Exhortation to Households Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

    19Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

    20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.

  • 1 Pet 3:2-8
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    2when they see your pure and reverent conduct.

    3Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes–

    4but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

    5For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

    6like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.

    7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

    8Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

  • Eph 5:21-25
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    21and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

    22Exhortations to Households Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

    23because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church(he himself being the savior of the body).

    24But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

    25Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

  • Titus 2:3-5
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    3Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

    4In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    11Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

    12Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

  • 1 Cor 14:34-35
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    34the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

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

  • 1 Cor 7:3-4
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    3A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

    4It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

  • 1 Tim 2:9-12
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    9Conduct of Women Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

    10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

    11A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.

    12But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.

  • Eph 5:33
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    33Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

    5But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

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

  • Titus 2:9
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    9Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

  • Col 3:22
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    22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

  • Eph 5:28
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    28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

  • Titus 3:1
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    1Conduct Toward Those Outside the Church Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

  • Eph 6:5
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    5Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    69%

    11In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

  • 1 Cor 7:11-14
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    11(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

    12To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

    13And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

  • 1 Pet 2:18
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    18Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

  • 1 Tim 2:15
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    15But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

  • 1 Pet 1:14-15
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    14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

    15but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

  • 1 Tim 3:2
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    2The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

  • Esth 1:17
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    17For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying,‘When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.’