Quotes about Submission
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
If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
— 1 Corinthians 11:6