Ephesians 5:21
19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
- KJV
- Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
- WEB
- subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
- ASV
- subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
- DARBY
- submitting yourselves to one another in [the] fear of Christ.
- BLB
- Be submitting to one another in fear of Christ:
- ÅB
- og underordner dere under hverandre i Kristi frykt.
- OTB
- Vis gjensidig underordning i ærefrykt for Kristus.
- B1930
- og underordner eder under hverandre i Kristi frykt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Read in contextEphesians 5:24
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Read in contextEphesians 5:22
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Read in contextHebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Read in context1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read in context1 Timothy 3:4
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
Read in context1 Peter 2:17
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Read in contextGalatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
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