Ephesians 5:21
being subject one to another in the fear of God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
20giving thanks to our God and Father always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:16that you submit yourselves to such, and to every one that works and labors with us.
Galatians 5:13For you have been called to freedom, brethren: only use not your freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but become servants to one another, through love.
Ephesians 5:24But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing.
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 →