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But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
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"In Everything" Has a Limit
Commentators clarify that the phrase "in everything" is not a command for blind obedience. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill state this submission is limited by God's higher authority. It applies to all things that are not contrary to the will and laws of God, meaning it does not call for a wife to submit to sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In every thing. In everything which is not contrary to the will of God. See Barnes on Ephesians 1:23.
But (αλλα). Perhaps, "nevertheless," in spite of the difference just noted. Once again the verb υποτασσω has to be supplied in the…
19th Century
Anglican
And he is the saviour of the body. Therefore ... — The words “and” and “is” are wrongly inserted, and the word “therefore…
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Baptist
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…
“Now” continues the same line of argument rather than reversing it. That is, Paul is pursuing a further likeness between the husband-wife relations…
16th Century
Protestant
But, as the church is subject to Christ. The particle but, may lead some to believe that the words, he is the savior…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ Her head, being wholly dependent upon him, and entirely resigned to h…
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…
