Ephesians 5:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

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  • Col 3:18-4:1 : 18 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord. 19 Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken. 22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord: 23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men; 24 Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position. 1 Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
  • Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.
  • 1 Pet 3:1-6 : 1 Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives, 2 When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God. 3 Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing; 4 But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God. 5 And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands: 6 As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.
  • Titus 2:5 : 5 To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.
  • Eph 5:22-6:9 : 22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. 24 And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things. 25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it; 26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word, 27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete. 28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself: 29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church; 30 Because we are parts of his body. 31 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church. 33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband. 1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward), 3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth. 4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord. 5 Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ; 6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart; 7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free. 9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
  • Esth 1:20 : 20 And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.
  • 1 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority. 12 In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.
  • 1 Cor 14:34 : 34 Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.
  • Esth 1:16-18 : 16 And before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus; 17 For news of what the queen has done will come to the ears of all women, and they will no longer give respect to their husbands when it is said to them, King Ahasuerus gave orders for Vashti the queen to come before him and she came not. 18 And the wives of the captains of Persia and Media, hearing what the queen has done, will say the same to all the king's captains. So there will be much shame and wrath.

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  • Eph 5:23-29
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    23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

    24And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

    25Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

    26So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

    27And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

    28Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

    29For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

    19Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

  • Eph 5:21
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    21Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

  • 1 Pet 3:1-2
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    1Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

    2When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.

  • 1 Pet 3:5-7
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    5And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:

    6As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

    7And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

  • Eph 5:31-33
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    31For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

    32This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

    33But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

    5To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-4
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    2But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

    3Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

    4The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

  • Eph 6:5
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    5Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

  • 1 Cor 14:34-35
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    34Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.

    35And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

  • 1 Tim 2:11-12
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    11Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

    12In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.

  • 1 Cor 11:10-12
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    10For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

    11But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

    12For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

  • Col 3:22
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    22Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

  • 1 Pet 5:5
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    5And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

  • Eph 1:22
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    22And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

  • 1 Pet 2:13
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    13Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

  • 1 Tim 3:11
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    11Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

  • Gen 2:24
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    24For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

  • Matt 19:5
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    5For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

  • Jas 4:7
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    7For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

  • 1 Tim 5:2
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    2To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

    5(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

  • Rom 7:2
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    2For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
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    39It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

  • Mark 10:7
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    7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

  • 1 Cor 11:5
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    5But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.