08/06/2022

Submission in the Bible
Compiled and Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff on 6/8/2022

What does the Bible say about submission? We are all called to be in submission to God as addressed in James 4:7. James conveys the idea that only when we submit to God will the devil "flee from you" as we are then committed to God and will be able to withstand the temptations of the devil. Regarding marriage, nowhere in the Bible is it said that a woman must submit to anyone other than her own husband. This doesn’t imply that she is anything less than her husband, they are equals in Christ as Jesus submitted to the Father but both were equally God in all regards.
Discover the references to submission in the Bible from the collection of scripture below!
Genesis 3:16
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16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Hebrews 5:8
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8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered
Hebrews 13:17
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17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
James 4:7
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7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jeremiah 17:10
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10 “I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
Job 22:21
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21 “Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
Luke 22:42
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42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
Matthew 26:39
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39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face t
