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Wives,Αἱ γυναῖκεςbe subjectto your ownτοῖς ἰδίοιςhusbandsἀνδράσινasὡςto the Lord;τῷ κυρίῳ
Ephesians 5:22
Study it in the app“Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord;”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:22, word by word
- Wivesγυναῖκεςgynaikes
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaikes” appears- to your ownἰδίοιςidiois
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiois” appears- husbandsἀνδράσινandrasin
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andrasin” appears- to the Lordκυρίῳkyriōi
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriōi” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
The verb is understood from verse 21; many manuscripts add “let them be subject.”
The context
21submitting to one another in the fear of the Messiah.
22 · This verse (above)
23because the husband is head of the wife as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, he himself being savior of the body.
To study Ephesians 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?