What does the Bible say about wives submitting?
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The Bible calls wives to a willing, respectful submission to their own husbands in the Lord, within a marriage marked by Christlike love, equal dignity, and obedience to God above all. Ephesians 5:22-24 presents this submission as part of the church's shared calling to reverence Christ, while Ephesians 5:25 requires husbands to love sacrificially as Christ loved the church. First Peter 3:1 commends godly conduct that may bear witness even to an unbelieving husband. This never permits cruelty, coercion, or sin; Christ's authority is supreme. Galatians 3:28 affirms the equal standing of women and men in Christ, and Colossians 3:19 commands husbands not to be harsh.
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- 1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, 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;
- Ephesians 5:22-24
[22] Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. [23] 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. [24] But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
- Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.
- Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
- Galatians 3:28
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.
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