Ephesians 5:22

Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

23because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:22Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

1 Timothy 2:11A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness.

1 Peter 3:1Married women, in the same way, be submissive to your husbands, so that even if some of them disbelieve the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over by the daily life of their wives, after watching your daily life--

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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