Ephesians 5:21
Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
20giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.
22Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:24Moreover, all the leaders, and the powerful, and all the sons of king David pledged with their hand, and they became subject to king Solomon.
Nehemiah 5:9And I said to them: “The thing that you are doing is not good. Why are you not walking in the fear of our God, so that there may be no reproach against us from our enemies, the Gentiles?
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king. And do not mingle with detractors.
1 Corinthians 16:16So you should be subject also to persons such as this, as well as to all who are cooperating and working with them.
Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:24Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.
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 →