Ephesians 5:21-25
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Select Ephesians 5:19
20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;Select Ephesians 5:20
21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.Select Ephesians 5:21
22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.Select Ephesians 5:22
23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.Select Ephesians 5:23
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.Select Ephesians 5:24
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;Select Ephesians 5:25
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,Select Ephesians 5:26
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.Select Ephesians 5:27
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WEB
5:21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
5:24 But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
ASV
5:21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
5:22 Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
5:24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
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