Submission To God

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me--;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also <FI>are<Fi> the wives to their own husbands in everything.

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

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

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or--I do speak from myself.

sober, pure, keepers of <FI>their own<Fi> houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

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

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you; — read the full passage →

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them.

whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'

Believest thou not that I <FI>am<Fi> in the Father, and the Father is in me? the sayings that I speak to you, from myself I speak not, and the Father who is abiding in me, Himself doth the works;

saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer--but ye made it a den of robbers.'

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience,

And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.

and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them, — read the full passage →

for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, <FI>it is<Fi> evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him, — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God; — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death--death even of a cross,

neither give place to the devil;

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising <FI>us<Fi> , and we were reverencing <FI>them<Fi> ; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye. — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: The heavens <FI>are<Fi> My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the house that ye build for Me? And where <FI>is<Fi> this--the place--My rest? — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

Because of this <FI>it is<Fi> of faith, that <FI>it may be<Fi> according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which <FI>is<Fi> of the law only, but also to that which <FI>is<Fi> of the faith of Abraham, — read the full passage →

And the apostles said to the Lord, `Add to us faith;'

And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them, — read the full passage →

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? — read the full passage →

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →