Ephesians 5:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

Esther 1:20

So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”

Esther 1:22

he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, declaring that every man should be master in his own house.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak but should be subordinate, as the law also says.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,

Ephesians 6:5

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ,

Colossians 3:1

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.