Respecting People in Authority

For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state,

Wives

In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over

This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands.

Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority.

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 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”