Ephesians 5:21
submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of Christ.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
20expressing thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,
22Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:24And all the rulers, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.
1 Corinthians 16:16that ye also be subject to such men, and to every man working together and laboring.
Galatians 5:13For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.
Ephesians 5:24But as the church is subject to the Christ, so also the wives to their own husbands in everything.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:4-21
Preservatives from Impurity; Cautions and Admonitions. ( a. d. 61.) 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things… Read the whole commentary →