Ephesians 5:22

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ,.... Her head, being wholly dependent upon him, and entirely resigned to him, and receiving all from him; from whom alone is all her expectation of…

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands - On this passage, compare notes on 1Co 11:3-9. The duty of the submission of the wife to her husband is everywhere enjoined in the Scriptures; see 1Pe…

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands - As the Lord, viz. Christ, is the head or governor of the Church, and the head of the man, so is the man the head or governor of the woman. This is…

Here the apostle begins his exhortation to the discharge of relative duties. As a general foundation for these duties, he lays down that rule Eph 5:21. There is a mutual submission that Christians owe…

Special Exhortations: the Christian Home: Wife and Husband

22. Wives Cp. Col 3:18; 1Pe 3:1-6. In Col. the corresponding instructions about domestic duty are drawn expressly from the truth (Col 3:1)…