Ephesians 5:24

But as the church is submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

In Context

23because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

25Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:33Moreover you also each one thus love his own wife with divine love as himself; and that the wife also reverence the husband.

Colossians 3:22Ye servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, pleasing men, but of purity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Titus 2:9That servants submit to their own masters, that they be obedient in all things; not speaking back;

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 →

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