submission
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7Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
17Obey your leaders and be subject to them. For they watch over you, as if to render an account of your souls. So then, may they do this with joy, and not with grief. Otherwise, it would not be as helpful to you.
21Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
5Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
42saying: “Father, if you are willing, take this chalice away from me. Yet truly, let not my will, but yours, be done.”
22Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.
24Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.
6And so, be humbled under the powerful hand of God, so that he may exalt you in the time of visitation.
7And the wisdom of the flesh is inimical to God. For it is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,
34Women should be silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak; but instead, they should be subordinate, as the law also says.