Ephesians 5:22

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

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  • Col 3:18-4:1 : 18 The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; 19 the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them; 20 the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord; 21 the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged. 22 The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God; 23 and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men, 24 having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve; 25 and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons. 1 The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
  • Gen 3:16 : 16 Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband `is' thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'
  • 1 Pet 3:1-6 : 1 In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, 2 having beheld your pure behaviour in fear, 3 whose adorning -- let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, 4 but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price, 5 for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him `sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.
  • Titus 2:5 : 5 sober, pure, keepers of `their own' houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
  • Eph 5:22-6:9 : 22 The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ `is' head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body, 24 but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also `are' the wives to their own husbands in everything. 25 The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying, 27 that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished; 28 so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love; 29 for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly, 30 because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones; 31 `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;' 32 this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly; 33 but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband. 1 The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; 2 honour thy father and mother, 3 which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.' 4 And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord. 5 The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ; 6 not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul, 7 with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman. 9 And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.
  • Esth 1:20 : 20 and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom -- for it `is' great -- and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'
  • 1 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection, 12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
  • 1 Cor 14:34 : 34 Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;
  • Esth 1:16-18 : 16 And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, `Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that `are' in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus; 17 for go forth doth the word of the queen unto all the women, to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come; 18 yea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say `so' to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath.

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  • Eph 5:23-29
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    23 because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ `is' head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

    24 but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also `are' the wives to their own husbands in everything.

    25 The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

    26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying,

    27 that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

    28 so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;

    29 for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18 The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

    19 the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

  • Eph 5:21
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    21 subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

  • 1 Pet 3:1-2
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    1 In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

    2 having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

  • 1 Pet 3:5-7
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    5 for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

    6 as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him `sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

    7 The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with `them', according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

  • Eph 5:31-33
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    31 `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

    32 this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

    33 but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4 that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of `their' husbands, lovers of `their' children,

    5 sober, pure, keepers of `their own' houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-4
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    2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

    3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

    4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3 and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

  • Eph 6:5
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    5 The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

  • 1 Cor 14:34-35
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    34 Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

    35 and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.

  • 1 Tim 2:11-12
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    11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

    12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

  • 1 Cor 11:10-12
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    10 because of this the woman ought to have `a token of' authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

    11 but neither `is' a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

    12 for as the woman `is' of the man, so also the man `is' through the woman, and the all things `are' of God.

  • Col 3:22
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    22 The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

  • 1 Pet 5:5
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    5 In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16 for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

  • Eph 1:22
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    22 and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him -- head over all things to the assembly,

  • 1 Pet 2:13
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    13 Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10 and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

  • 1 Tim 3:11
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    11 Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14 I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

  • Gen 2:24
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    24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

  • Matt 19:5
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    5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?

  • Jas 4:7
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    7 be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

  • 1 Tim 5:2
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    2 aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters -- in all purity;

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

    5 (and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

  • Rom 7:2
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    2 for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

  • 1 Cor 7:39
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    39 A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

  • Mark 10:7
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    7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

  • 1 Cor 11:5
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    5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

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