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Ephesians 5:21-22 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 5 · verses 21–22 · King James Version
21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.Ephesians 5:21-22 · King James Version
Ephesians 5:21-22 in context
19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23For 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.
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Commentary
Cross references
- Philippians 2:3
- Ephesians 5:24
- Ephesians 5:22
- Hebrews 13:17
- 1 Peter 5:5
- 1 Peter 2:17
- 1 Timothy 3:4
- 1 Peter 3:1-6
- Titus 2:5
- Genesis 3:16
- Esther 1:20
- 1 Timothy 2:11-12
Key words (Strong's)
- yourselveshypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- husbandsanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- Wivesgynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- fearphobosfear, dread, terror, that which strikes terror, reverence for one's husbandG5401 →
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Here the apostle begins his exhortation to the discharge of relative duties. As a general foundation for these duties, he lays down that rule Eph 5:21.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-33