Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be ye submissive to your husbands, as to our Lord.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

In Context

21And be submissive one to another, in the love of the Messiah.

23Because the husband is the head of the wife, even as the Messiah is the head of the church; and he is the vivifier of the body.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:22Wives, be ye submissive to your husbands, as to our Lord.

1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman learn in silence, with all submission:

1 Peter 3:1So also ye wives, be ye subject to your husbands; that, by your pleasing behavior, ye may gain over, without difficulty, those who obey not the word,

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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