Submission To The Lord

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, — read the full passage →

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.” — read the full passage →

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

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

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; — read the full passage →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

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

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

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.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. — read the full passage →

But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.” — read the full passage →

Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you.” — read the full passage →

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue; — read the full passage →

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting; — read the full passage →

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. — read the full passage →

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, — read the full passage →