Quotes about Submission
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
- Romans 13:1
Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
- Romans 13:2
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
- Romans 13:3
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
- Romans 13:5
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
- Romans 13:6
It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
- Romans 14:11
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 2:16
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:4
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
- 1 Corinthians 11:4
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
- 1 Corinthians 11:5