Ephesians 5:21-33 - Wives And Husbands

²¹ being subject to one another {out of reverence for} Christ

²² --wives to their own husbands as to the Lord, ²³ because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body). ²⁴ But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives [should be subject] to their husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her; ²⁶ in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing [her] with the washing of water by the word; ²⁷ in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless. ²⁸ Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church, ³⁰ because we are members of his body.

³¹ "For this [reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

³² (This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.) ³³ Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.

¹ In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives, ² [when they] see your respectful, pure conduct. ³ Let your adornment not be the external [kind], braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on [fine] clothing, ⁴ but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable [quality] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God. ⁵ For in the [same] way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves [by] being subject to their own husbands, ⁶ like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.

⁷ Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.