Ephesians 5:22
Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
In Context
21Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.
Esther 1:20And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.
Ephesians 5:22Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.
1 Peter 3:1Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour 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 →