Ephesians 5:21
And be submissive one to another, in the love of the Messiah.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
22Wives, be ye submissive to your husbands, as to our Lord.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:16that ye also give ear to them who are such; and to every one, that laboreth with us and aideth.
Galatians 5:13And ye, my brethren, have been called into liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each other.
Ephesians 5:24And as the church is subject to the Messiah, so also let wives be to their husbands in all things.
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 →