Ephesians 5:22 KJV
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Thou and Ye
- yourselves, your 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
- The duties of wives and husbands are enforced by the spiritual relation between Christ and the churchThe duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of...
Thompson Chains
- Wives' DutyLink 3 of 6 · next Colossians 3:18
- Woman (3)Link 4 of 7 · next 1 Timothy 2:11
Cross References
- Colossians 3:18–4:1 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. …
- Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
- 1 Peter 3:1–6 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; …
- Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
- Ephesians 5:22–6:9 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. …
- Esther 1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
- 1 Timothy 2:11–12 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. …
- Esther 1:16–18 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. …
- 1 Corinthians 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The Epistle to the Ephesians
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Greek and Strong’s
- Wives Αἱ Hai Article · second person, vocative feminine plural γυναῖκες gynaikes γυνή Noun · vocative feminine plural
- submit yourselves ὑποτάσσεσθε hypotassesthe ὑποτάσσω Verb · present passive imperative, second person plural
- unto your own τοῖς tois Article · dative masculine plural ἰδίοις idiois ἴδιος Article · dative masculine plural
- husbands ἀνδράσιν andrasin ἀνήρ Noun · dative masculine plural
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- unto the Lord τῷ tō Article · dative masculine singular Κυρίῳ Kyriō κύριος Noun · dative masculine singular
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