Ephesians 5:22

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

23because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

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Cross References

Genesis 3:16Unto the woman He said, 'Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

Esther 1:20and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom — for it [is] great — and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'

Ephesians 5:22The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

1 Timothy 2:11Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

1 Peter 3:1In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

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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