Ephesians 5:21
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:24All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
Nehemiah 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
1 Corinthians 16:16to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Ephesians 5:24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit 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 →