Ephesians 5:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; 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.”

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, that every man be lord in his own house and speak according to the language of his people.

1 Corinthians 14:34

the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

Ephesians 5:22

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

Ephesians 6:5

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as to Christ;

Colossians 3:1

If then 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 sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.