21 [a](A)and subject yourselves to one another in the [b](B)fear of Christ.

Marriage like Christ and the Church

22 (C)Wives, (D)subject yourselves to your own husbands, (E)as to the Lord. 23 For (F)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the (G)head of the church, He Himself (H)being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

25 (I)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (J)gave Himself up for her, 26 (K)so that He might sanctify her, having (L)cleansed her by the (M)washing of water with (N)the word,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:21 Lit being submissive to
  2. Ephesians 5:21 Or reverence for

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