Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
In Context
21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.
Esther 1:20And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
Ephesians 5:22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
1 Peter 3:1Likewise, all of you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, (o. logos) they also may without the word (o. logos) be won by the conversation 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 →