Ephesians 5:24
“Therefore as the Church is subiect vnto Christ, so let the wiues bee to their owne husbands in euery thing.”
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Ephesians 5:24 Context
22Wiues, submit your selues vnto your own husbands, as vnto the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife, euen as Christ is the head of the Church: and he is the sauiour of the body. 24Therefore as the Church is subiect vnto Christ, so let the wiues bee to their owne husbands in euery thing. 25Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ also loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it: 26That he might sanctifie & cleanse it with the washing of water, by the word,
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Other Translations for Ephesians 5:24
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
- King James Version
But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives {ought to be} to their husbands in everything.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But as the church is subject to Christ, so `let' the wives also `be' to their husbands in everything.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
- Basic English Bible
But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.
- Darby Bible
Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
- Webster's Bible
And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.
- Weymouth Bible
But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
- World English Bible
But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis.
- Wycliffe Bible
but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ephesians 5:24
5:24 In everything - Which is not contrary to any command of God.
People's Bible Notes for Ephesians 5:24
Eph 5:24 As the church is subject unto Christ. The relation of the wife to the husband is like that of the church in Christ, a close, tender relations, in which there is no bondage, but freedom, because the service is that of the heart.