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Ephesians 5

Eph. 5:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wives
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gune (Greek #1135)
a woman; specially, a wife
KJV usage: wife, woman.
Pronounce: goo-nay'
Origin: probably from the base of 1096
u, submit yourselves unto
hupotasso (Greek #5293)
to subordinate; reflexively, to obey
KJV usage: be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.
Pronounce: hoop-ot-as'-so
Origin: from 5259 and 5021
your own
idios (Greek #2398)
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
KJV usage: X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private(-ly), proper, severally, their (own).
Pronounce: id'-ee-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
husbands
aner (Greek #435)
a man (properly as an individual male)
KJV usage: fellow, husband, man, sir.
Pronounce: an'-ayr
Origin: a primary word (compare 444)
, as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
unto the Lord
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
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1 Peter 3:1• 1Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without the word by the conversation of the wives, (1 Peter 3:1)
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Col. 3:18• 18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. (Col. 3:18)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Eph. 5:24• 24But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything. (Eph. 5:24)
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Gen. 3:16• 16To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee. (Gen. 3:16)
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Esther 1:16‑18,20• 16Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
 17For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!
 18And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and anger enough.
 20and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm--for it is great--all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least. (Esther 1:16‑18,20)
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1 Cor. 14:34• 34Let your women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says. (1 Cor. 14:34)
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Col. 3:18‑25• 18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
 19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
 20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
 21Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
 22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
 23Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men;
 24knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.
 25For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons. (Col. 3:18‑25)
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1 Tim. 2:11‑12• 11Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;
 12but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness; (1 Tim. 2:11‑12)
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Titus 2:5• 5discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. (Titus 2:5)
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1 Peter 3:1‑6• 1Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without the word by the conversation of the wives,
 2having witnessed your pure conversation carried out in fear;
 3whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
 4but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
 5For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation. (1 Peter 3:1‑6)
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Eph. 6:5• 5Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ; (Eph. 6:5)
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Col. 3:22‑23• 22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
 23Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men; (Col. 3:22‑23)
• I am to submit unto my husband as unto the Lord. It is made a matter, not of mere duty, but of confidence in the Lord above everything—in His love, care, and government. (“Remarks on Ephesians 5:22-24” by W. Kelly)
• We all know that, apart from marriage, the man is the head of the woman. That is, if there were no such thing as marriage, man has a place which woman has not, which is entirely independent of character. We may find a man imbecile, and a woman with firmness and wisdom; but nothing can alter God's order. We may find a child endowed with great prudence, and the parents unwise and weak. Still the relationship is altogether independent of the peculiar character, and state, and condition, of those either in the superior place, or in the subordinate. (“Remarks on Ephesians 5:22-24” by W. Kelly)
• There may be cases where obedience of the natural order of God would be a sin: there are none where disobedience is a duty. You cannot be required to disobey, under any circumstances. But there are crises where you must obey God rather than man. (“Remarks on Ephesians 5:22-24” by W. Kelly)
• I ought to be sure that whatever may be the breaking up and down which these trials may occasion to one's spirit, yet whatever the Lord does is the best and happiest and most strengthening in the end to my soul, the Lord being incapable of any one thing for me that is not for enduring good to the praise of His own name. (“Remarks on Ephesians 5:22-24” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord,

W. Kelly Translation

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Wives, [submit yourselves] to youra own husbands as to the Lord;

WK Translation Notes

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Some excellent authorities read, "Let the wives be subject to their" etc. Others do not express the verb.