SUBMISSIVENESS

(See also Obedience; Subjection)

Bible examples:

Jesus Christ: scl 25; w95 10/1 12

Mary (mother of Jesus): ia 154-156; w08 10/1 22-23

Mephibosheth (son of Jonathan): w05 5/15 18

Sarah: scl 25; w95 10/1 12-13; w93 2/1 12; w89 7/1 19

discussion: it-2 1041

encouragement to cultivate: scl 24-25

love promotes: w90 11/15 20

meaning of term: w19.09 14

obedience implied by: it-2 520-521

to Jehovah: w19.09 14-19; it-2 164, 166, 168-169, 1009-1010; w11 9/15 28-29; w99 12/1 17-18; w96 7/15 16; w94 7/1 24

to Jehovah’s arrangement: w11 9/15 28-29; w07 4/1 26-30

to Jesus: w94 7/1 24-25

to theocratic authority: w02 8/1 9-14; w94 7/1 23-28

within Christian congregation: od 159-160; it-1 1160

to elders: w22.02 4-5; od 44-45; w16.11 12; lv 48-49; w13 11/15 21-25; w08 6/15 21-22; w07 4/1 28-30; w02 3/15 15-17; w99 6/1 17-18; w89 12/15 24

within family:

to husbands: w21.02 8-13; w16.08 14; w15 1/15 20-21; w95 10/1 12-13