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Butἀλλὰasὡςthe assemblyἡ ἐκκλησίαsubmitsὑποτάσσεταιto the Messiah,τῷ Χριστῷsoοὕτωςalsoκαὶthe wivesαἱ γυναῖκεςtotheir husbandsτοῖς ἀνδράσινinἐνeverything.παντί
Ephesians 5:24
Study it in the app“But as the assembly submits to the Messiah, so also the wives to their husbands in everything.”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:24, word by word
- the assemblyἐκκλησίαekklēsia
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsia” appears- submitsὑποτάσσεταιhypotassetai
submit
To obey, place oneself under another.
Where else “hypotassetai” appears- to the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- the wivesγυναῖκεςgynaikes
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaikes” appears- their husbandsἀνδράσινandrasin
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andrasin” appears
The context
23because the husband is head of the wife as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, he himself being savior of the body.
24 · This verse (above)
25Husbands, love your wives just as also the Messiah loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
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?