Ephesians 5:21–6:9

^21fsubmitting to one another in the fear of ⁶God.

Marriage—Christ and the Church

²²Wives, ^gsubmit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. ²³For ^hthe husband is head of the wife, as also ⁱChrist is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. ²⁴Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands ^jin everything.

^25kHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^lgave Himself for her, ²⁶that He might ⁷sanctify and cleanse her ^mwith the washing of water ⁿby the word, ^27othat He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^pnot having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. ³⁰For ^qwe are members of His body, ⁸of His flesh and of His bones. ^31r“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the ^stwo shall become one flesh.” ³²This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. ³³Nevertheless ^tlet each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^urespects her husband.

Children and Parents

6Children, ^aobey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ^2b“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: ³“that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

⁴And ^cyou, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but ^dbring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters

^5eBondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, ^fwith fear and trembling, ^gin sincerity of heart, as to Christ; ^6hnot with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, ⁸ⁱknowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

⁹And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that ¹your own ^jMaster also is in heaven, and ^kthere is no partiality with Him.