Ephesians 5:22 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

KJV

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands - As the Lord, viz. Christ, is the head or governor of the Church, and the head of the man, so is the man the head or governor of the woman. This is God’s ordinance, and should not be transgressed. The husband should not be a tyrant, and the wife should not be the governor.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands - Unless where God forbids. Otherwise, in all indifferent things, the will of the husband is a law to the wife. As unto the Lord - The obedience a wife pays to her husband is at the same time paid to Christ himself; he being head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Those subject ought to submit themselves, of whatever kind their superiors are. "Submit" is the term used of wives: "obey," of children (Eph 6:1), as there is a greater equality between wives and husbands, than between children and parents. as unto the Lord--Submissiveness is rendered by the wife to the husband under the eye of Christ, and so is rendered to Christ Himself.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Αἱ	Hai	you who [are]	G3588 →
γυναῖκες,	gunaikes	wives,	G1135 →
τοῖς	tois	<the>	G3588 →
ἰδίοις	idiois	to [your] own	G2398 →
ἀνδράσιν	andrasin	husbands	G435 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
κυρίῳ·	kuriō	Lord;	G2962 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
leads to
- Colossians 3:18
  Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 31:10–31
  A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- 1 Timothy 5:13–14
  At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
Through
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:3
  But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Titus 2:5
  to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- Ephesians 5:22–24
  Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
- 1 Timothy 2:15
  Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
Through
Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
leads to
- Titus 2:4–5
  In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ephesians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ephesians