Ephesians 5:21

Don't think of yourselves but obey other people because you respect Christ.

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In The King James Version

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

In Context

20You should thank God our Father all the time. When you worship him you should use the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

22Wives, let your husbands lead, but you follow them. That is right. Christ leads and God's people follow him, so it is all right for the husband to lead. Christ saves us. He leads and controls us, and that is good. So it is right when a man leads and controls his wife.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:24God's people obey him. So a woman should obey her husband.

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 →

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