Be subject to every human institution ¹  for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme

Slaves, ¹  be subject ²  to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God ¹  with angels and authorities and powers subject to him. ² 

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ¹  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ² 

In the same way, you who are younger, ¹  be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. ²