Quotes about Submission

For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.

It has nothing to do with whether you like God's rules. It's not your kingdom. If you want to operate by your own rules, then you need to go out and create your own world. But as long as you are in God's world, where God has set the rules, you must abide by His rules or you become a rebel against His kingdom government.