Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. New Living Translation As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. English Standard Version Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Berean Standard Bible Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Berean Literal Bible But even as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to the own husbands in everything. King James Bible Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. New King James Version Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. New American Standard Bible But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. NASB 1995 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. NASB 1977 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. Legacy Standard Bible But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. Amplified Bible But as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives should be subject to their husbands in everything [respecting both their position as protector and their responsibility to God as head of the house]. Christian Standard Bible Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. American Standard Version But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But just as the church is subject to The Messiah, in this way also wives are to their husbands in all things. Contemporary English Version Wives should always put their husbands first, as the church puts Christ first. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things. English Revised Version But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything. GOD'S WORD® Translation As the church is under Christ's authority, so wives are under their husbands' authority in everything. Good News Translation And so wives must submit themselves completely to their husbands just as the church submits itself to Christ. International Standard Version Indeed, just as the church is submissive to the Messiah, so wives must be submissive to their husbands in everything. Literal Standard Version but even as the Assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives [subject] to their own husbands in everything. Majority Standard Bible Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. New American Bible As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything. NET Bible But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. New Revised Standard Version Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands. New Heart English Bible But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Weymouth New Testament And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands. World English Bible But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything. Young's Literal Translation but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also are the wives to their own husbands in everything. Additional Translations ... Context Wives and Husbands…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. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her… Cross References Luke 10:17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name." Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her Treasury of Scripture Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. in. Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. Exodus 29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. Jump to Previous Assembly Authority Christ Christ's Church Entirely Husbands Married Ought Rule Subject Submissive Submit Submits Wives WomenJump to Next Assembly Authority Christ Christ's Church Entirely Husbands Married Ought Rule Subject Submissive Submit Submits Wives WomenEphesians 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. Verse 24. - But [it exists so far as to enforce this exhortation] as the Church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their husbands in everything. Let there be a subjection in the one case parallel to that in the other, for such is the Divine will and purpose. Any subjection due to the husband must be modified by what is due to God, for as the husband may not require for himself, so the wife may not give to him, what is God's: God's will is paramount over all. Of the three wills that may be in collision, viz. God's, the husband's, and the wife's - the duty of the wife is to take them in this order, having regard first to God's, next to her husband's, and last to her own. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Nowἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. church ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1577: From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, i.e. a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation. submits ὑποτάσσεται (hypotassetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 5293: From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey. to Christ, Χριστῷ (Christō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. so οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). also καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. wives [should submit] 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. to their 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. husbands ἀνδράσιν (andrasin) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. everything. παντί (panti) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. 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