the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
King James Version
Ephesians 5:21
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BridgewayEncyclopedias:
- InternationalDevotionals:
- ChipParallel Translations
Be willing to serve each other out of respect for Christ.
Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
submittinge youre selves one to another in the feare of God.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Messiah.
and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Yield to obey each other as you would to Christ.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Be ye suget togidere in the drede of Crist.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Honor Christ and put others first.
being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.
Submit to one another in fear of the Messiah.
submitting yourselves to one another in [the] fear of Christ.
And you will submit yourselves to one another out of reverence forin the fear of">[fn] Christ.Philippians 2:3; 1 Peter 5:5;">[xr]
And be subject one to another in the love of the Meshiha.
And be submissive one to another, in the love of the Messiah.
Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.
And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Be willing to help and care for each other because of Christ. By doing this, you honor Christ.
Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.
Submit yourselves one to another in the love of Christ.
Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ, -
Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.
Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God.
Submit yourselves to one another because of your reverence for Christ.
submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ
having been subject to one another in the fear of God.
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God.
Be mutually obsequious with christian respect.
Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another.
and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
submitting to one another in the fear of God. [fn]
Be honorable and reverent to each other out of your love for Christ.
and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
and being subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
submitting: Ephesians 5:22, Ephesians 5:24, Genesis 16:9, 1 Chronicles 29:24, Romans 13:1-5, 1 Corinthians 16:16, Philippians 2:3, 1 Timothy 2:11, 1 Timothy 3:4, Hebrews 13:17, 1 Peter 2:13, 1 Peter 5:5
in: 2 Chronicles 19:7, Nehemiah 5:9, Nehemiah 5:15, Proverbs 24:21, 2 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Peter 2:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:12 - Honour Ruth 2:7 - I pray Proverbs 16:6 - by the Luke 2:51 - and was Acts 9:31 - and walking Acts 10:35 - feareth Colossians 1:7 - a James 4:7 - Submit
Cross-References
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Submitting yourselves one to another,.... Which may be understood either in a political sense, of giving honour, obedience, and tribute, to civil magistrates, since they are set up by God for the good of men, and it is for the credit of religion for the saints to submit to them; or in an economical sense; thus the wife should be subject to the husband, children to their parents, and servants to their masters, which several things are afterwards insisted on, as explanative of this rule; or in an ecclesiastic sense, so the Ethiopic version renders it, "subject yourselves to your brethren": thus members of churches should be subject to their pastors, not in the same sense as they are to Christ, the head, nor are they obliged to believe or do everything they say, right or wrong; yet honour and esteem are due to them, and submission and obedience should be yielded to their doctrines, precepts, and exhortations, when they are agreeably to the word of God; since God has set them in the highest place in the church, called them to the highest service, and most honourable work, and bestowed on them the greatest gifts; the younger members should also submit to the elder, and the minority to the majority; one member should submit to another, to the superior judgment of another, and to the weakness of another, and to the admonitions of others, and so as to perform all offices of love: and the manner in which this duty is to be performed, is
in the fear of God; which may be considered as the moving cause of submission, or, as the rule of it; submission should be on account of the fear of God, and so far as is consistent with it; and indeed, the fear of God is that which should influence and engage to every duty; and which should be before our eyes, and in exercise in our hearts, in all concerns, civil and religious: the Alexandrian copy and some others, the Complutensian edition, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "in the fear of Christ"; who is the head of the church, and King of saints, and as such to be feared and reverenced; and for his sake there should be a submission to one another; the Syriac version reads, in the love of Christ, which should constrain the saints to this duty.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Submitting yourselves one to another - Maintaining due subordination in the various relations of life. This general principle of religion, the apostle proceeds now to illustrate in reference to wives Ephesians 5:22-24; to children Ephesians 6:1-3; and to servants, Ephesians 6:5-8. At the same time that he enforces this duty of submission, however, he enjoins on others to use their authority in a proper manner, and gives solemn injunctions that there should be no abuse of power. Particularly he enjoins on husbands the duty of loving their wives with all tenderness Ephesians 5:25-33; on fathers, the duty of treating their children so that they might easily obey them Ephesians 6:4; and on masters, the duly of treating their servants with kindness, remembering that they have a Master also in heaven; Ephesians 6:9. The general meaning here is, that Christianity does not break up the relations of life, and produce disorder, lawlessness, and insubordination; but that it will confirm every proper authority, and make every just yoke lighter. Infidelity is always disorganizing; Christianity, never.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 21. Submitting - one to another — Let no man be so tenacious of his own will or his opinion in matters indifferent, as to disturb the peace of the Church; in all such matters give way to each other, and let love rule.
In the fear of God. — Setting him always before your eyes, and considering that he has commanded you to love one another, and to bear each other's burdens; and that what you do in this or any other commanded case, you do as unto the Lord. Instead of εν φοβω θεου, in the fear of GOD, εν φοβω χριστου, in the fear of CHRIST, is the reading of ABDEFG, with all others of most value; besides the Syriac, Coptic, Sahidic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, and Itala; Basil the Great, and Chrysostom. Neither reading makes any difference in the sense.
