Ephesians 5:21
and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
In Context
22Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:16I beseech you, on your part, to show deference to such men, and to every one who participates in their work and toils hard.
Galatians 5:13You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.
Ephesians 5:24And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:4-21
Preservatives from Impurity; Cautions and Admonitions. ( a. d. 61.) 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things… Read the whole commentary →