Ephesians 5:21 KJV
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Thou and Ye
- yourselves more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Directions to a contrary behaviour, and to relative dutiesAnother remedy against sin, is care, or caution, it being impossible else to maintain purity of heart and life. Time is a talent given us by God, and it is...
Thompson Chains
- Submission (1)Link 2 of 4 · next Hebrews 13:17
Cross References
- Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
- 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
- Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
- Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- 1 Timothy 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- 1 Peter 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 2 Chronicles 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
- Nehemiah 5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
- Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
- Genesis 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
- 1 Chronicles 29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
- Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
- Romans 13:1–5 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. …
- 1 Corinthians 16:16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 1 Timothy 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- 1 Peter 2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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Topics
- Commandments Precepts of Paul. explicitly stated or implied in didactic epistles
- Humility General scriptures concerning
- Reverence Reverence
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The Epistle to the Ephesians
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Greek and Strong’s
- Submitting yourselves Ὑποτασσόμενοι Hypotassomenoi ὑποτάσσω Verb · present passive participle, nominative masculine plural
- one to another ἀλλήλοις allēlois ἀλλήλων Pronoun · dative masculine plural
- in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
- the fear φόβῳ phobō φόβος Noun · dative masculine singular
- of God Θεοῦ Theou θεός Noun · genitive masculine singular
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