Ephesians 5:22

Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21and submit to one another from reverence for him.

23For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church — being indeed himself the Saviour of his Body.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:22Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.

1 Timothy 2:11A woman should listen silently to her teachers, and show them all deference.

1 Peter 3:1Again, you married women should submit to your husbands, so that if any of them reject the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over, by the conduct 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 →

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