Ephesians 5:22
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
In Context
21subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Esther 1:20And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
Ephesians 5:22Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.
1 Peter 3:1In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behaviour of their 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 →