Charles Ellicott Commentary Ephesians 5:22

"Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord." — Ephesians 5:22 (ASV)

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

THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF LIFE

• Between husbands and wives—a relation which is a type of the unity between Christ and His Church (Ephesians 5:22–33).
• Between parents and children—a relation hallowed as existing “in the Lord” (Ephesians 6:1–4).
• Between masters and servants—a relation softened and deepened by common service to the one Master (Ephesians 6:5–9).