Ephesians 5:24

But as the church submits itself to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything.

Montgomery New Testament

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 a husband is the head of his wife even as Christ is head of the church, his body, which he saves.

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:33But as for you individually, you must each one of you love his own wife exactly as if she were yourself; and the wife, on her part, should reverence her husband.

Colossians 3:22Slaves, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye- service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of purpose, out of reverence for your Lord.

Titus 2:9Exhort slaves to be obedient to their own masters, and to be well- pleasing to them in every respect;

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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