Colossians 3:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said: I will intensify your toil in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles said in reply, “We must obey God rather than men.

1 Corinthians 11:3

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

1 Corinthians 14:34

women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not allowed to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:3

Immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is fitting among holy ones,

Ephesians 5:9

for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth.

1 Timothy 2:12

I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must be quiet.