Be in subjection . Not in the Greek text of B and Jerome knew of no MS. with it. K L and most MSS. have υποτασσεσθε like Col 3:18,…

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. On this passage, see the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:3, and also on [Reference …

Practical Exhortation continued (Ephesians 5:6–22:9).

THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELA…

What a wonderful expression! To think that we, poor creatures that we are, should be in this way joined to Christ by a marriage union, even by a vi…

“Submit” is assumed here from the previous verse, since no verb appears. The fact confirms that v.21 fits more with what follows than with what pre…

Wives, submit yourselves. He now comes to the various conditions of life; for, besides the universal bond of subjection, some are more clo…

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands
This is an instance, explaining the above general rule; which subjecti…

The duty of wives is submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The dut…