Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Wives, you should submit to your own husbands, as you would to the Lord.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Holman Bible
Wives,
International Standard Version
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord.
A Conservative Version
Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.
American Standard Version
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Amplified
Wives, be subject
Anderson New Testament
Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:
Bible in Basic English
Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.
Common New Testament
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.
Daniel Mace New Testament
let married women be submissive to their husbands, out of regard to the Lord.
Darby Translation
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
Godbey New Testament
Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
Goodspeed New Testament
You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,
John Wesley New Testament
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as unto the Lord.
Julia Smith Translation
Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
King James 2000
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Lexham Expanded Bible
--wives to their own husbands as to the Lord,
Modern King James verseion
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Women: submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Moffatt New Testament
Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,
Montgomery New Testament
Wives likewise to their husbands as to the Lord,
NET Bible
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,
New Heart English Bible
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Noyes New Testament
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord;
Sawyer New Testament
Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord,
The Emphasized Bible
Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.
Webster
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Weymouth New Testament
Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;
Williams New Testament
You married women must continue to live in subordination to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,
World English Bible
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Worrell New Testament
the wives, to their own husbands, as to the Lord;
Worsley New Testament
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord:
Youngs Literal Translation
The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
Themes
Body » Jesus Christ being the head of the body (the church)
Home » Husbands and wives » Duties of wives
Man » Jesus Christ being the head of man
Marriage » The duties of a wife
Marriage » What marriage is analogous to
Men » Men being the head of women
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Wives' duties
Wives » Duties of, to their husbands » To be subject to them
Women » Dress of » Duties of wives
Interlinear
Hupotasso
Idios
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 5:22
Images Ephesians 5:22
Prayers for Ephesians 5:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Being Filled By The Spirit
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, you should submit to your own husbands, as you would to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the [spiritual] head over his wife, just as Christ is also the [spiritual] head over the church, since He is the Savior of the body.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34
the women should remain quiet in the assemblies. For they are not permitted to speak [i.e., in a language supernaturally, or to prophesy], but they are to be in subjection [i.e., to male leaders. See I Tim. 2:11-12], as the law also says. [See Gen. 3:16?].
Colossians 3:18-1
You wives should submit to your husbands, as this is proper in [the fellowship of] the Lord.
Titus 2:5
to be sensible, [morally] pure, [good] homemakers, kind [and] in subjection to their own husbands, so that God's message will not be spoken against.
1 Peter 3:1-6
In the same way [that Jesus was submissive], you wives should submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even though they may not obey the [Gospel] message [they have heard] they may, without your talking [to them about it],
1 Timothy 2:11-12
A woman should learn [the Scriptures] in quietness, being fully submissive.
Ephesians 5:22-9
Wives, you should submit to your own husbands, as you would to the Lord.