Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

In Context

21being subject one to another in the fear of God.

23for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:22Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:

1 Timothy 2:11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

1 Peter 3:1Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they may, without the word, be won by the conduct of their wives,

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:22-33

Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 61.) 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 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. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might… Read the whole commentary →

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