Ephesians 5:24

And as the church is subject to the Messiah, so also let wives be to their husbands in all things.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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, even as the Messiah is the head of the church; and he is the vivifier of the body.

25Husbands, love your wives, even as the Messiah loved his church, and delivered himself up for it;

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, let each of you severally so love his wife, even as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.

Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things your bodily masters; not in the sight of the eye only, as those who please men, but with a simple heart, and in the fear of the Lord.

Titus 2:9Let servants obey their masters in every thing, and strive to please them, and not contradict, nor pilfer;

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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