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Ephesians 5:21–22

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Advice to Wives and Husbands

21Place yourselves under each other’s authority out of respect for Christ. 

22Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord’s authority.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

NLTNew Living Translation

And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ —wives to their own husbands as to the Lord,

KJV 1900King James Version

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.