Spirit-Guided Relationships: Wives and Husbands

²¹ And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

³ Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.

²⁴ As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.

²² For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

⁵ In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for

¹⁷ Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit.

¹⁷ Respect everyone, and love the family of believers.^[a] Fear God, and respect the king.

⁴ He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him.

¹³ For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

¹¹ Women should learn quietly and submissively.