And he said to the woman, "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him."

When your proclamation is made known all over this huge empire, every woman will treat her husband with proper respect, whether he's rich or poor."

But I want you to understand that Christ is supreme over every man, the husband is supreme over his wife, and God is supreme over Christ.

the women should keep quiet in the meetings. They are not allowed to speak; as the Jewish Law says, they must not be in charge.

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord.

And so wives must submit themselves completely to their husbands just as the church submits itself to Christ.

I do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet.

in order to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so that no one will speak evil of the message that comes from God.

In the same way you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands, so that if any of them do not believe God's word, your conduct will win them over to believe. It will not be necessary for you to say a word,

You should not use outward aids to make yourselves beautiful, such as the way you fix your hair, or the jewelry you put on, or the dresses you wear.

For the devout women of the past who placed their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful by submitting themselves to their husbands.

Peter and the other apostles answered, "We must obey God, not men.

Since you are God's people, it is not right that any matters of sexual immorality or indecency or greed should even be mentioned among you.

Children, it is your Christian duty to obey your parents, for this is the right thing to do.