Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Submission » Who to submit to
Continue to follow and be submissive to your leaders, since they are watching over your souls as those who will have to give a word of explanation. By doing this, you will be letting them carry out their duties joyfully, and not with grief, for that would be harmful for you.
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In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."
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Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,
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Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is appropriate for those who belong to the Lord.
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and you will submit to one another out of reverence for the Messiah. Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord.
For the Lord's sake submit yourselves to every human authority: whether to the king as supreme, or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
Submission » To the authority of the church
Continue to follow and be submissive to your leaders, since they are watching over your souls as those who will have to give a word of explanation. By doing this, you will be letting them carry out their duties joyfully, and not with grief, for that would be harmful for you.
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In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."
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to submit yourselves to people like these and to anyone else who shares their labor and hard work.
and you will submit to one another out of reverence for the Messiah.
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