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George Lamsa Translation

Ephesians 5:24

Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Family;   Husband;   Wife;   The Topic Concordance - Body;   Cleanness;   Marriage;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Church, the;   Love of Christ, the;   Marriage;   Wives;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Solomon's Song;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Head;   Husband;   Marriage;   Wife;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body of Christ;   Church, the;   Head, Headship;   Marriage;   Overseer;   Paul the Apostle;   Sexuality, Human;   Union with Christ;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Self-Denial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Wife;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Canticles;   ;   Church;   Divorce;   Marriage;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body of Christ;   Church;   Ephesians, Book of;   Head;   Head of the Church;   Marriage;   Paul;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Song of Solomon;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ephesians, Epistle to;   Marriage;   Peter, First Epistle of;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adultery ;   Body (2);   Character;   Commandment;   Dependence;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Family;   Marriage;   Marriage (I.);   Woman;   Worldliness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Husband;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Body;   Lamech;   Marriage;   Play;   Veil;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Church Government;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Essenes, the;   Purity;   Song of Songs;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Marriage;   Saul of Tarsus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore as the Church is subiect vnto Christ, so let the wiues bee to their owne husbands in euery thing.
King James Version
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
English Standard Version
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
New American Standard Bible
But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
New Century Version
As the church yields to Christ, so you wives should yield to your husbands in everything.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.
Berean Standard Bible
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Contemporary English Version
Wives should always put their husbands first, as the church puts Christ first.
Complete Jewish Bible
Just as the Messianic Community submits to the Messiah, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Darby Translation
But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.
Easy-to-Read Version
The church serves under Christ, so it is the same with you wives. You should be willing to serve your husbands in everything.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbads in euery thing.
Good News Translation
And so wives must submit themselves completely to their husbands just as the church submits itself to Christ.
Lexham English Bible
But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives should be subject to their husbands in everything.
Literal Translation
But even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also the wives to their own 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].
American Standard Version
But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
Bible in Basic English
And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
Hebrew Names Version
But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
But as the church is subject to Meshiha, so also (should) wives be unto their husbands in every thing.
Murdock Translation
And as the church is subject to the Messiah, so also let wives be to their husbands in all things.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges.
English Revised Version
But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
World English Bible
But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(and he is the Saviour of the body) Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Weymouth's New Testament
And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis.
Update Bible Version
But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their 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.
New English Translation
But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
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 Living Translation
As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.
New Life Bible
As the church is to obey Christ, wives are to obey their own husbands in everything.
New Revised Standard
Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Nevertheless, as, the assembly, submitteth herself unto the Christ, so, the wives, unto their husbands, in everything:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
Revised Standard Version
As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Therfore as the cogregacion is in subieccion to Christ lykwyse let the wyves be in subieccion to their husbandes in all thinges.
Young's Literal Translation
but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges.
Mace New Testament (1729)
as the church then is subordinate to Christ, so let women be to their husbands upon all occasions.
Simplified Cowboy Version
As the outfit is honorable and reverent of Christ, so you wives must be honorable and reverent to your husbands in everything.

Contextual Overview

21 Submit yourselves one to another in the love of Christ. 22 Wives submit yourselves to your husbands as to our LORD. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of its body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved his church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it, by the washing of water and by the word, 27 In order to build for himself a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28 So should men love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own body; but nourishes it and cherishes it, even as Christ does for his church. 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Ephesians 5:33, Exodus 23:13, Exodus 29:35, Colossians 3:20, Colossians 3:22, Titus 2:7, Titus 2:9

Reciprocal: Esther 1:12 - refused Isaiah 55:4 - a leader Matthew 22:2 - which 1 Corinthians 11:3 - and the head of the Ephesians 5:21 - submitting Ephesians 5:22 - submit 1 Timothy 3:5 - the church Hebrews 12:23 - the general

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
Genesis 5:6
And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh;
Genesis 5:22
And Enoch found favor in the presence of God three hundred years after he begot Methuselah, and begot sons and daughters;
Genesis 37:30
And he returned to his brothers, and said to them, Where is the boy; and as for me, where shall I go?
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is dead, and Simeon is missing, and now you will take Benjamin away; all these things are against me.
2 Kings 2:1
AND it came to pass, when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha had departed from Gilgal.
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the LORD: A voice was heard in Ramtha, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel is weeping for her children, and she refuses to be comforted because they are not.
Matthew 2:18
A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and wailing exceedingly, Rachel weeping for her sons, and she would not be comforted, because they could not be brought back.
Luke 23:43
Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you today, you will be with me in Paradise. *
1 John 1:7
But if we live in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,.... Her head, being wholly dependent upon him, and entirely resigned to him, and receiving all from him; from whom alone is all her expectation of provision, protection, comfort, and happiness; wherefore she has respect to all his commands, and esteems all his precepts concerning all things to be right; and yields a cheerful, voluntary, sincere, and hearty obedience to them; arising from a principle of love to him, and joined with honour, fear, and reverence of him:

so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in everything: political, domestic, and ecclesiastic; that is consistent with the laws of God, and the Gospel of Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In everything - In everything which is not contrary to the will of God; see the notes on Ephesians 5:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. In every thing. — That is, every lawful thing; for it is not intimated that they should obey their husbands in any thing criminal, or in any thing detrimental to the interests of their souls. The husband may be profligate, and may wish his wife to become such also; he may be an enemy to true religion, and use his authority to prevent his wife from those means of grace which she finds salutary to her soul; in none of these things should she obey him.


 
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