Colossians 3:18

New Century Version

Wives, yield to the authority of your husbands, because this is the right thing to do in the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

Then God said to the woman, “I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you.”

Esther 1:20

And let the king’s order be announced everywhere in his enormous kingdom. Then all the women will respect their husbands, from the greatest to the least.”

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God, not human authority!

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand this: The head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 14:34

women should keep quiet in the church meetings. They are not allowed to speak, but they must yield to this rule as the law says.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, yield to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:3

But there must be no sexual sin among you, or any kind of evil or greed. Those things are not right for God’s holy people.

Ephesians 5:9

Light brings every kind of goodness, right living, and truth.

1 Timothy 2:12

But I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to listen quietly,