Ephesians 5:21
submitting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
20giving thanks always for all things, to God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
22wives to their own husbands, as to the Lord.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:16that ye also submit yourselves to such, and to every one that works with us, and labors.
Galatians 5:13For ye were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Ephesians 5:24But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also are 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 →