Ephesians 5:21
Submit yourselves one to another out of reverence for Christ.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
22Wives likewise to their husbands as to the Lord,
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:16so I want you also to show deference to such, and to every fellow worker, and laborer.
Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.
Ephesians 5:24But as the church submits itself to Christ, so also wives 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 →