Add parallel Print Page Options

24 As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her(A) 26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,(B)

Read full chapter

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(A) in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives,(B) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(C) 26 to make her holy,(D) cleansing[a] her by the washing(E) with water through the word,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed