Ephesians 5:22
wives to their own husbands, as to the Lord.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
In Context
21submitting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ;
Cross References
Ephesians 5:22wives to their own husbands, as to the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:11Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection.
1 Peter 3:1IN like manner, ye wives, being in subjection to your own husbands; that even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be won by the deportment 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 →