Submission To God

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.

saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them, — read the full passage →

For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. — read the full passage →

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

neither give place to the devil.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest? — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all — read the full passage →

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them, — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; — read the full passage →

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? — read the full passage →

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →