Colossians 3:18

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”

1 Timothy 2:12

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Esther 1:20

So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”

1 Corinthians 14:34

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

Acts 5:29

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

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Ephesians 5:9

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),