Ephesians 5:22
Ephesians · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”Ephesians 5:22
What Does Ephesians 5:22 Mean?
Ephesians 5:22 is found in the book of Ephesians, chapter 5, verse 22 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Marriage.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Ephesians 5:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Colossians 3:18“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”1 Peter 3:1“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”Titus 2:5“To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”Genesis 3:16“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”Esther 1:20“And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.”Ephesians 5:21“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”1 Timothy 2:11“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.”1 Corinthians 14:34“Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.”Ephesians 5:33“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”Esther 1:16“And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.”1 Corinthians 11:3“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”Ephesians 6:5“Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;”Esther 1:22“For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.”Genesis 24:67“And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.”Ruth 1:8“And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.”Numbers 30:8“But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.”Esther 1:12“But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.”Song of Solomon 2:7“I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.”Colossians 3:23“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
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