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Ephesians 5:22 — King James Version← Study notes

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.


Ephesians 5:22Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 5:228 words
GreekMeaning
ΑἱHai
you who arearticleG3588
γυναῖκεςgynaikes
wivesnounG1135
τοῖςtois
thearticleG3588
ἰδίοιςidiois
to your ownadjectiveG2398
ἀνδράσινandrasin
husbandsnounG435
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
τῷ
to thearticleG3588
κυρίῳkyriō
LordnounG2962
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:22

A certain wise man, setting down a number of things in the rank of blessings, set down this also in the rank of a blessing, “A wife agreeing with her husband.” Sirach 25:1 And elsewhere again he sets it down among blessings, that a woman should dwell in harmony with her husband. Sirach 40:23 And indeed from the beginning, God appears to have made special provision for this union; and discoursing of the two as one, He said thus, “Male and female created He them” Genesis 1:27;…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 20 on Ephesians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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