1 Corinthians 11:3
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3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man[a] is the head of the woman,[b] and God is the head of Christ.(A)
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Genesis 3:16
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16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great;
in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you.”(A)
Colossians 1:18
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18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:23
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23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.(A)
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Colossians 3:18
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Rules for Christian Households
18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.(A)
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Ephesians 4:15
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15 but speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,(A)
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Colossians 2:19
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19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with a growth that is from God.(A)
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Ephesians 5:22-24
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The Christian Household
22 Wives, be subject[a] to your husbands as to the Lord,(A) 23 for the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.(B) 24 Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
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- 5.22 Gk lacks be subject
1 Peter 3:5-6
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5 It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves by being subject to their husbands. 6 Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters as long as you do what is good and never let fears alarm you.(A)
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1 Peter 3:1
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Wives and Husbands
3 Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,(A)
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Philippians 2:7-11
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7 but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
assuming human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a human,(A)
8 he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross.(B)
9 Therefore God exalted him even more highly
and gave him the name
that is above every other name,(C)
10 so that at the name given to Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(D)
11 and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.(E)
Colossians 2:10
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10 and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.(A)
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Ephesians 1:20-23
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20 God[a] put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,[b](A) 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.(B) 22 And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,(C) 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.(D)
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1 Corinthians 15:27-28
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27 For “God[a] has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is plain that this does not include the one who put all things in subjection under him.(A) 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things in subjection under him, so that God may be all in all.(B)
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- 15.27 Gk he
John 14:28
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28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.(A)
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John 17:2-5
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2 since you have given him authority over all people,[a] to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.(A) 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(B) 4 I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.(C) 5 So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.(D)
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- 17.2 Gk flesh
John 5:20-30
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20 The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished.(A) 21 Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.(B) 22 The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,(C) 23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(D) 24 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.(E)
25 “Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(F) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself, 27 and he has given him authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of Man.(G) 28 Do not be astonished at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and will come out: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation.(H)
Witnesses to Jesus
30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.(I)
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John 3:34-36
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34 He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.(A) 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands.(B) 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath.(C)
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Matthew 28:18
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18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.(A)
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Isaiah 61:1-4
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The Good News of Deliverance
61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,(A)
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,(B)
3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.(C)
4 They shall build up the ancient ruins;
they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.(D)
Isaiah 55:4
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4 See, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.(A)
Isaiah 52:13
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The Suffering Servant
13 See, my servant shall prosper;
he shall be exalted and lifted up
and shall be very high.(A)
Isaiah 49:3-6
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3 And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”(A)
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the Lord
and my reward with my God.”(B)
5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—(C)
6 he says,
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”(D)
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