Ephesians 5:22-33

Wives and Husbands

22  a Wives b submit to your own husbands c as to the Lord. 23 For d the husband is the head of the wife even as e Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is f himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit g in everything to their husbands.

25  h Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and i gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by j the washing of water k with the word, 27 so l that he might present the church to himself in splendor, m without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Or holy and blameless
28 In the same way o husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because p we are members of his body. 31  q Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and r the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However s let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she t respects her husband.

Ephesians 6:1-9

Children and Parents

u Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. v Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger w but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters

x Bondservants
Or slaves; also verse 6 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
obey your earthly masters
Or  your masters according to the flesh
with fear and trembling aa with a sincere heart ab as you would Christ,
not by the way of eye-service, as ac people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, ad knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord ae whether he is a bondservant
Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
or is free.
Masters, do the same to them ag and stop your threatening, knowing that ah he who is both their Master
Greek Lord
and yours is in heaven, and that aj there is no partiality with him.

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