Ephesians 5:21-33 - Wives And Husbands

²¹ Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ, -

²² Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord, ²³ Because, a husband, is the head of his wife, as, the Christ also, is the head of the assembly, he, being the saviour of the body, - ²⁴ Nevertheless, as, the assembly, submitteth herself unto the Christ, so, the wives, unto their husbands, in everything: ²⁵ Ye husbands, be loving your wives, even as, the Christ also, loved the assembly, and delivered, himself, up in her behalf, ²⁶ That, her, he might sanctify, having purified her with the bath of water, in declaration, ²⁷ That, he, might present, unto himself, the assembly, all glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any of such things, but that she should be holy and blameless; ²⁸ So, ought the husbands also to be loving their own wives, as their own bodies, - he that loveth his own wife, loveth himself, ²⁹ No one, in fact, ever yet hated, his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, - even as, the Christ, the assembly, ³⁰ Because, members, are we of his body; -

³¹ For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and will cleave unto his wife, and, they two, shall become, one flesh.

³² This sacred secret, is, great, - I, however, am speaking as to Christ and as tothe assembly; - ³³ Nevertheless, ye also, do ye, individually, each man be so loving, his own wife, as himself, and, the wife, see that she reverence her husband.

¹ In like manner, ye wives, - submitting yourselves unto your own husbands; in order that, if any are not yielding unto the word, through their wives behaviour, they may, without the word, be won, ² Having been permitted to behold your reverently chaste behaviour, - ³ Whose adorning, let it be - not the outward, of plaiting the hair and wearing golden ornaments, or putting on of apparel, ⁴ But the hidden character, of the heart, - in the incorruptible ornament of the quiet, and meek, spirit, which is, in presence of God, of great price. ⁵ For, so, at one time, the holy women also, who directed their hope towards God, used to adorn themselves, being in submission unto their own husbands: ⁶ As, Sarah, was obedient unto Abraham, calling him, lord, - whose children ye have become - so long as ye are doing good, and not bringing yourselves into fear of any single cause of alarm.

⁷ Ye husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them according to knowledge, - as unto a weaker vessel, unto the female vessel , assigning honour, as joint - inheritors also of life's favour, - to the end that unhindered may be, your prayers.