Ephesians 5:21
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
King James Version
In Context
20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
22Wives, submit yourselves 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, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
1 Corinthians 16:16That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Ephesians 5:24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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 →