'Submit' in the Bible
Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!"
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven."
because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.
But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.