Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, αὐτὸς σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.

Ephesians 5:22-23

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Gender roles Men and women Marriage

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Ephesians The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ephesians 5:22-23).

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Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.

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English
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1600 1600s 16th century
Era
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Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 2, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:28

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Romans The Bible
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Era
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:28).

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Then one day there really was a wolf but when the boy shouted, they didn't believe him.

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Aesop's Fables
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Children's literature
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

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Source
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Medium
Poem
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Statement Type
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Language
Italian
Time
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Era
Middle Ages
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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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