Ephesians 5:21-6:9

Revised Geneva Translation

²¹ submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as to the Lord.

²³ For the husband is the wife’s head, even as Christ is the head of the Church. And the same is the Savior of the body.

²⁴ But, as the Church is in subjection to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church, and gave Himself for her;

²⁶ so that He might sanctify her and cleanse her by the washing of water through the Word,

²⁷ So that He might make her a glorious Church to Himself, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. But that it should be holy and without blame.

²⁸ So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife, loves himself.

²⁹ For no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord does the Church.

³⁰ For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

³¹ For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cling to his wife. And the two shall be one flesh.

³² This is a great secret. But I speak concerning Christ and concerning the Church.

³³ Yet, let every one of you do the same. Let everyone love his wife, even as himself. And let the wife see that she fears her husband.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord. For this is right.

² Honor your father and mother (which is the first Commandment with a promise),

³ so that it may be well with you and that you may live long on Earth.

⁴ And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger. But bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

⁵ Servants, be obedient to your masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of heart, as unto Christ;

⁶ not with service to the eye (as man-pleasers) but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart

⁷ with good will, serving the Lord and not man.

⁸ And know that whatever good thing anyone does, that same shall he receive from the Lord, whether slave or free.

⁹ And masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening and knowing that your master also is in Heaven. And there is no partiality with Him.