Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. New Living Translation For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. English Standard Version Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Berean Standard Bible Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. Berean Literal Bible wives, to the own husbands as to the Lord; King James Bible Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. New King James Version Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. New American Standard Bible Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. NASB 1995 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. NASB 1977 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Legacy Standard Bible Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Amplified Bible Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord. Christian Standard Bible Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, Holman Christian Standard Bible Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, American Standard Version Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Contemporary English Version A wife should put her husband first, as she does the Lord. English Revised Version Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. GOD'S WORD® Translation Wives, place yourselves under your husbands' authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord's authority. Good News Translation Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord. International Standard Version Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord. Majority Standard Bible Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. NET Bible Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, New Heart English Bible Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. Webster's Bible Translation Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Weymouth New Testament Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord; World English Bible Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe wives: [subject yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the LORD, Berean Literal Bible wives, to the own husbands as to the Lord; Young's Literal Translation The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, Smith's Literal Translation Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLet women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: Catholic Public Domain Version Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord. New American Bible Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. New Revised Standard Version Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWives submit yourselves to your husbands as to our LORD. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Wives, be subject to your husbands as to Our Lord, NT Translations Anderson New TestamentWives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord: Godbey New Testament Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord, Haweis New Testament Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Mace New Testament let married women be submissive to their husbands, out of regard to the Lord. Weymouth New Testament Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord; Worrell New Testament the wives, to their own husbands, as to the Lord; Worsley New Testament Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wives and Husbands21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.… Cross References Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 1 Peter 3:1-6 Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives / when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. / Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, ... 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. Titus 2:4-5 In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, / 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. Genesis 2:18-24 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” / And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. / The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. ... 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. / If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church. 1 Timothy 2:11-14 A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. / I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. / For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. ... 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.” Proverbs 31:10-12 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. / The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. / She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. / The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. / Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control. 1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. Matthew 19:4-6 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. / But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. Malachi 2:14-16 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. / “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith. Song of Solomon 2:16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies. Treasury of Scripture Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. submit. Ephesians 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Esther 1:16-18,20 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus… as. Ephesians 6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Colossians 3:22,23 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: … Jump to Previous Authority Husbands Married Subject Subjection Submit Wives Women YourselvesJump to Next Authority Husbands Married Subject Subjection Submit Wives Women YourselvesEphesians 5 1. After general exhortations to love;3. to flee sexual immorality; 4. and all uncleanness; 7. not to converse with the wicked; 15. to walk carefully; 18. and to be filled with the Spirit; 22. he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands; 25. and husbands ought to love their wives, 32. even as Christ does his church. Wives The term "wives" in Greek is "γυναῖκες" (gynaikes), which refers to married women. In the cultural and historical context of the early church, wives were expected to manage the household and support their husbands. This role was both a cultural norm and a reflection of the order seen in creation, as described in Genesis. The call to wives here is not about inferiority but about fulfilling a God-given role within the family structure. submit to your husbands as to the Lord (4)THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF LIFE. (a)Between husbands and wives--a relation which is a type of the unity between Christ and His Church (Ephesians 5:22-33). (b) Between parents and children--a relation hallowed as existing "in the Lord" (Ephesians 6:1-4). . . . Verse 22.-Ephesians 6:9. - EXHORTATION TO RELATIVE DUTIES. Verse 22. - Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Though ChristianiParallel Commentaries ... Greek Wives,γυναῖκες (gynaikes) Noun - Vocative Feminine Plural Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife. [submit] to τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. your ἰδίοις (idiois) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 2398: Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate. husbands ἀνδράσιν (andrasin) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. to the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord. Κυρίῳ (Kyriō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. 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