Ephesians 5:21
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
20giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
22Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change:
1 Corinthians 16:16that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboreth.
Galatians 5:13For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
Ephesians 5:24But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their 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 →