Colossians 3:18

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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

Bible References

Submit

He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children in anguish.
Your desire will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.

The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman,

and God is the head of Christ.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says.

Wives, submit

to your own husbands as to the Lord,

I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent.

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

In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over

without a message by the way their wives live

As

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.

General references

A woman should learn in silence with full submission.