Ephesians 5:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Therefore, х alla (G235)] - "But;" i:e., though the husband be not, as Christ, Saviour of the body (Ephesians 5:23), nevertheless, thus far they are one, that the 'subjection' or 'submission' (the same Greek as "submit," Ephesians 5:21-22) of the Church to Christ, is the prototype of that of the wife to the husband.

Their own. So A. Not in B Delta G 'Aleph (') f g. Not needed by the argument.

In every thing - appertaining to a husband's legitimate authority: "in the Lord" (Colossians 3:18): everything not contrary to God.

Ephesians 5:24

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.