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Ephesians 5:21-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ephesians 5:21-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
The Christian Household
22 Wives, be subject[a] to your husbands as to the Lord,(A) 23 for the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.(B) 24 Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
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- 5.22 Gk lacks be subject
Ephesians 5:21-24
New International Version
Ephesians 5:21-24
New International Version
Instructions for Christian Households(A)
21 Submit to one another(B) out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands(C) as you do to the Lord.(D) 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(E) his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(F) in everything.
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