Colossians 3:18

Wives, be subject to your husbands [out of respect for their position as protector, and their accountability to God], as is proper and fitting in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head (authority over) of every man, and man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Ephesians 5:22-9

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord.

To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth;
In pain you will give birth to children;
Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband,
And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you.”

Esther 1:20

So when the king’s great decree is proclaimed throughout his [extensive] kingdom, all women will give honor to their husbands, from the great to the insignificant.”

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men [we have no other choice].

1 Corinthians 14:34

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but are to take a subordinate place, as the Law says.

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].

1 Timothy 2:12

I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet [in the congregation].

Titus 2:4-5

so that they may encourage the young women to tenderly love their husbands and their children,

1 Peter 3:1-6

In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate, not as inferior, but out of respect for the responsibilities entrusted to husbands and their accountability to God, and so partnering with them] so that even if some do not obey the word [of God], they may be won over [to Christ] without discussion by the godly lives of their wives,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Colossians 3:18

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Submit

As

Acts 5:29

Ephesians 5:3

Ephesians 6:1

General references

1 Timothy 2:11

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