Ephesians 5:21
And be subject one to another in the love of the Meshiha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
22WIVES, be subject to your husbands as to our Lord.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:16that you be submissive to such as they, and to every one who laboureth with us and helpeth.
Galatians 5:13But you have been called unto liberty, my brethren: only let not your liberty be for an occasion of the flesh; but in love be subjected one to another.
Ephesians 5:24But as the church is subject to Meshiha, so also (should) wives be unto their 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 →