Wives, follow the lead of your own husbands as you follow the Lord.

你们作妻子的，当顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。

作妻子的，你们要顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。

作妻子的，你们要顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。

做妻子的要顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主基督。

你们作妻子的，要顺服自己的丈夫，好像顺服主一样，

你们做妻子的，要服从自己的丈夫，如同服从主，

你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。

作妻子的，你們要順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。

作妻子的，你們要順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。

作妻子的要順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主基督。

你們作妻子的，要順服自己的丈夫，好像順服主一樣，

做妻子的要順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主；

你們做妻子的，要服從自己的丈夫，如同服從主，

婦當服夫、如服主然、

婦從主命、當順其夫、

婦歟、爾當服夫如服主、

妻之事夫、當如事主、

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

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

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

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

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

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Wives, follow the lead of your husbands. That’s what the Lord wants you to do.Husbands, love your wives. Don’t be mean to them.Children, obey your parents in everything. That pleases the Lord.Fathers, don’t make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope.Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything. Don’t do it just to please them when they are watching you. Obey them with an honest heart. Do it out of respect for the Lord.Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord, not for human masters.Work because you know that you will finally receive as a reward what the Lord wants you to have. You are slaves of the Lord Christ.Anyone who does wrong will be paid back for what they do. God treats everyone the same.Masters, give your slaves what is right and fair. Do it because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Wives, follow the lead of your own husbands. Suppose some of them don’t believe God’s word. Then let them be won to Christ without words by seeing how their wives behave.Let them see how pure you are. Let them see that your lives are full of respect for God.Fancy hairstyles don’t make you beautiful. Wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes doesn’t make you beautiful.Instead, your beauty comes from inside you. It is the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. Beauty like this doesn’t fade away. God places great value on it.This is how the holy women of the past used to make themselves beautiful. They put their hope in God. And they followed the lead of their own husbands.Sarah was like that. She obeyed Abraham. She called him her master. Do you want to be like her? Then do what is right. And don’t give in to fear.

The younger women must control themselves and be pure. They must take good care of their homes. They must be kind. They must follow the lead of their husbands. Then no one will be able to speak evil things against God’s word.

The Lord God said to the woman,“ I will increase your pain when you give birth. You will be in great pain when you have children. You will long for your husband. And he will rule over you.”

Wives, follow the lead of your own husbands as you follow the Lord.The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body. He is its Savior.The church follows the lead of Christ. In the same way, wives should follow the lead of their husbands in everything.Husbands, love your wives. Love them just as Christ loved the church. He gave himself up for her.He did it to make her holy. He made her clean by washing her with water and the word.He did it to bring her to himself as a brightly shining church. He wants a church that has no stain or wrinkle or any other flaw. He wants a church that is holy and without blame.In the same way, husbands should love their wives. They should love them as they love their own bodies. Any man who loves his wife loves himself.After all, no one ever hated their own body. Instead, they feed and care for their body. And this is what Christ does for the church.We are parts of his body.Scripture says,“ That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one.”( Genesis 2:24)That is a deep mystery. But I’m talking about Christ and the church.A husband also must love his wife. He must love her just as he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.Children, obey your parents as believers in the Lord. Obey them because it’s the right thing to do.Scripture says,“ Honor your father and mother.” That is the first commandment that has a promise.“ Then things will go well with you. You will live a long time on the earth.”( Deuteronomy 5:16)Fathers, don’t make your children angry. Instead, instruct them and teach them the ways of the Lord as you raise them.Slaves, obey your masters here on earth. Respect them and honor them with a heart that is true. Obey them just as you would obey Christ.Don’t obey them only to please them when they are watching. Do it because you are slaves of Christ. Be sure your heart does what God wants.Serve your masters with all your heart. Work as serving the Lord and not as serving people.You know that the Lord will give each person a reward. He will give it to them in keeping with the good they do. It doesn’t matter whether they are a slave or not.Masters, treat your slaves in the same way. When you warn them, don’t be too hard on them. You know that the God who is their Master and yours is in heaven. And he treats everyone the same.

And let your order be announced all through your entire kingdom. Then all women will have respect for their husbands, from the least important to the most important.”

When a woman is learning, she should be quiet. She should follow her leaders in every way.I do not let women teach or take authority over a man. They must be quiet.

Women should remain silent in church meetings. They are not allowed to speak. They must follow the lead of those who are in authority, as the law says.

Then Memukan gave a reply to the king and the nobles. He said,“ Queen Vashti has done what is wrong. But she didn’t do it only against you, King Xerxes. She did it also against all the nobles. And she did it against the people in all the territories you rule over.All the women will hear about what the queen has done. Then they won’t respect their husbands. They’ll say,‘ King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought to him. But she wouldn’t come.’Here is what will start today. The leading women in Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s actions will act in the same way. They’ll disobey all your nobles, just as she disobeyed you. They won’t have any respect for their husbands. They won’t honor them.