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class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ephesians/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ephesians/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ephesians/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/ephesians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />wives, to the own husbands as to the Lord;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ephesians/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ephesians/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ephesians/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wives, <i>subject yourselves</i> to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ephesians/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ephesians/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Wives, <i>be subject</i> to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ephesians/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Wives, <i>be subject</i> to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ephesians/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Wives, be <i>subject</i> to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ephesians/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ephesians/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ephesians/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ephesians/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />A wife should put her husband first, as she does the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ephesians/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ephesians/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Wives, place yourselves under your husbands' authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord's authority.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ephesians/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ephesians/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ephesians/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ephesians/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ephesians/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ephesians/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ephesians/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ephesians/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The wives: [subject yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/ephesians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />wives, to the own husbands as to the Lord;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ephesians/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ephesians/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ephesians/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ephesians/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ephesians/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ephesians/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ephesians/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wives submit yourselves to your husbands as to our LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/ephesians/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your husbands as to Our Lord,<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/ephesians/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/ephesians/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/ephesians/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, as to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/ephesians/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />let married women be submissive to their husbands, out of regard to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/ephesians/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />the wives, to their own husbands, as to the Lord;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/ephesians/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ephesians/5-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AfeSHen3sAQ?start=979" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ephesians/5.htm">Wives and Husbands</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21</span>Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Hai (Art-VFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynaikes (N-VFP) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">Wives,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">submit to</a> <a href="/greek/2398.htm" title="2398: idiois (Adj-DMP) -- Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.">your</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435: andrasin (N-DMP) -- A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.">husbands</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriō (N-DMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">23</span>For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-18.htm">Colossians 3:18</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">1 Peter 3:1-6</a></span><br />Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives / when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. / Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-3.htm">1 Corinthians 11:3</a></span><br />But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/2-4.htm">Titus 2:4-5</a></span><br />In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, / to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Genesis 2:18-24</a></span><br />The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” / And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. / The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-34.htm">1 Corinthians 14:34-35</a></span><br />Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. / If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-11.htm">1 Timothy 2:11-14</a></span><br />A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. / I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. / For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16</a></span><br />To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10-12</a></span><br />A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. / The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. / She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-3.htm">1 Corinthians 7:3-5</a></span><br />The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. / The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. / Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm">1 Peter 3:7</a></span><br />Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4-6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm">1 Corinthians 7:10-11</a></span><br />To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. / But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Malachi 2:14-16</a></span><br />Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. / “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm">Song of Solomon 2:16</a></span><br />My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.</p><p class="hdg">submit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Ephesians 5:24</a></b></br> Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so <i>let</i> the wives <i>be</i> to their own husbands in every thing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16</a></b></br> Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire <i>shall be</i> to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/1-16.htm">Esther 1:16-18,20</a></b></br> And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that <i>are</i> in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus… </p><p class="hdg">as.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/6-5.htm">Ephesians 6:5</a></b></br> Servants, be obedient to them that are <i>your</i> masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/colossians/3-22.htm">Colossians 3:22,23</a></b></br> Servants, obey in all things <i>your</i> masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-35.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/galatians/4-27.htm">Married</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-21.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-22.htm">Subjection</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-21.htm">Submit</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-34.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Women</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-21.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Married</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/colossians/3-18.htm">Subjection</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Submit</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm">Women</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-10.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Ephesians 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-1.htm">After general exhortations to love;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">to flee sexual immorality;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-4.htm">and all uncleanness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-7.htm">not to converse with the wicked;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-15.htm">to walk carefully;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">and to be filled with the Spirit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm">he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">and husbands ought to love their wives,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/5-32.htm">even as Christ does his church.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the cultural and historical context of the early church, wives were expected to manage the household and support their husbands. This role was both a cultural norm and a reflection of the order seen in creation, as described in Genesis. The call to wives here is not about inferiority but about fulfilling a God-given role within the family structure.<p><b>submit</b><br />The Greek word used here is "ὑποτάσσω" (hypotassō), which means to arrange under, to subordinate, or to subject oneself. This term is often used in military contexts to describe soldiers arranging themselves under the command of a leader. In the Christian context, submission is a voluntary and willing act of respect and support, reflecting the order and harmony God desires in relationships. It is important to note that this submission is mutual, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/5-21.htm">Ephesians 5:21</a>, which calls all believers to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.<p><b>to your husbands</b><br />The phrase "to your husbands" specifies the relationship in which this submission is to occur. The Greek word for "husbands" is "ἀνδράσιν" (andrasin), which simply means men or husbands. This directive is not a blanket statement for all women to submit to all men but is specific to the marital relationship. The husband-wife relationship is a unique covenant that mirrors Christ's relationship with the Church.<p><b>as to the Lord</b><br />This phrase provides the motivation and model for submission. The Greek "ὡς τῷ Κυρίῳ" (hōs tō Kyriō) indicates that the submission of wives to their husbands is an act of worship and obedience to Christ. It elevates the act of submission from a mere social expectation to a spiritual discipline. Just as believers submit to Christ out of love and reverence, wives are called to submit to their husbands, reflecting their devotion to the Lord. This submission is not about control or dominance but about love, respect, and partnership in the journey of faith.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ephesians/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>[<span class= "bld">5.</span><span class= "bld">Practical Exhortation continued</span> (<a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm" title="Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.">Ephesians 5:22</a> to <a href="/ephesians/6-9.htm" title="And, you masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.">Ephesians 6:9</a>).<p>(4)THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF LIFE.<p>(<span class= "ital">a</span>)<span class= "ital">Between husbands and wives</span>--a relation which is a type of the unity between Christ and His Church (<a href="/context/ephesians/5-22.htm" title="Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.">Ephesians 5:22-33</a>).<p>(<span class= "ital">b</span>)<span class= "ital"> Between parents and children</span>--a relation hallowed as existing "in the Lord" (<a href="/context/ephesians/6-1.htm" title="Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.">Ephesians 6:1-4</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ephesians/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span>-<a href="/ephesians/6-9.htm">Ephesians 6:9</a>. - EXHORTATION TO RELATIVE DUTIES. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.</span> Though Christiani<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ephesians/5-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Wives,</span><br /><span class="grk">γυναῖκες</span> <span class="translit">(gynaikes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Vocative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> </span><span class="str2">A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[submit] to</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῖς</span> <span class="translit">(tois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your</span><br /><span class="grk">ἰδίοις</span> <span class="translit">(idiois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">husbands</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνδράσιν</span> <span class="translit">(andrasin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_435.htm">Strong's 435: </a> </span><span class="str2">A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="grk">ὡς</span> <span class="translit">(hōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῷ</span> <span class="translit">(tō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lord.</span><br /><span class="grk">Κυρίῳ</span> <span class="translit">(Kyriō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm">NT Letters: Ephesians 5:22 Wives be subject to your own husbands (Ephes. 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