Ephesians 5:21

Ephesians 5:21

19 speaking to one another ^ain psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making ^bmelody in your heart to the Lord,

20 ^agiving thanks always for all things to God the Father ^bin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 ^asubmitting to one another in the fear of¹ God.

Marriage—Christ and the Church

22 Wives, ^asubmit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

23 For ^athe husband is head of the wife, as also ^bChrist is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands ^ain everything.

25 ^aHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^bgave Himself for her,

26 that He might¹ sanctify and cleanse her ^awith the washing of water ^bby the word,

27 ^athat He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^bnot having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Subjecting yourselves to one another (upotassomenoi allhloiv). Present middle participle of upotassw, old military figure to line up under (Colossians 3:18). The construction here is rather loose, coordinate with the preceding participles of praise and prayer. It is possible to start a new paragraph here and regard upotassomenoi as an independent participle like an imperative.

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