Ephesians 5:22
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
In Context
21subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Esther 1:20When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.”
Ephesians 5:22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman learn in quietness with full submission.
1 Peter 3:1In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,
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 →