Submission to God
10 passages
- James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Read it in context - Ephesians 5:21
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Read it in context - Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 5:5
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.”
Read it in context - Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Read it in context - Luke 22:42
“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
Read it in context - Ephesians 5:24
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
Read it in context - Romans 13:1
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.
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