Ephesians 5:21

Out of reverence for Christ, believers are to submit to one another. Mutual submission flows from being filled with the Spirit.

Cross-references · 19

• Phil 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
• Eph 5:24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
• Eph 5:22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
• Heb 13:17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
• 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• 1 Tim 3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
• 1 Pet 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
• Gal 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
• 1 Tim 2:11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
• 1 Cor 16:16That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
• Neh 5:15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
• 2 Chr 19:7Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
• Rom 13:1–5Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
• Prov 24:21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
• Gen 16:9And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
• 1 Pet 2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
• 1 Chr 29:24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Neh 5:9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

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