Colossians 3:18

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”

Esther 1:20

When the king’s decree which he will make is proclaimed throughout all his empire (for it is great), all wives will honor their husbands, both great and small.”

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.

Ephesians 5:22

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

Ephesians 5:3

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

Ephesians 5:9

(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),

1 Timothy 2:12

And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.