Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, his body: and he himself is its saviour.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman learn in quietness and full submission.

1 Peter 3:1Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your husbands; so that, if any do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the behaviour of the wives;

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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