Ephesians 5:20-33 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) read as follows:
"Giuing thankes alwayes for all things vnto God , [ sic ] and the Father , [ sic ] in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God. Wiues , [ sic ] submit your selues vnto your own husbands, as vnto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife , [ sic ] euen as Christ is the head of the Church : [ sic ] and he is the sauiour of the body. Therefore as the Church is subiect vnto Christ , [ sic ] so let the wiues bee to their owne [ sic ] husbands in euery thing. Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ also loued the Church , [ sic ] and gaue himselfe for it : [ sic ] that he might sanctifie & cleanse it with the washing of water , [ sic ] by the word, that hee might present it to himselfe a glorious Church , [ sic ] not hauing spot or wrinkle , [ sic ] or any such thing : [ sic ] but that it should bee holy and without blemish. So ought men to loue their wiues , [ sic ] as their owne bodies : [ sic ] hee that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe. For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh : [ sic ] but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord the Church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and shall be ioyned vnto his wife , [ sic ] and they two shalbe [ sic ] one flesh. This is a great mysterie : [ sic ] but I speake concerning Christ and the Church. Neuerthelesse , [ sic ] let euery one of you in particular, so loue his wife euen as himselfe, and the wife see that she reuerence her husband."
In the above-given passage from the Holy Bible, we see a description of the subject of submission that the apostle Paul wrote to "the Saincts [ sic ] which are at Ephesus , [ sic ] and to the faithfull in Christ Iesus" ( see Ephesians 1:1 ). From verse 21, we see that Christians ( see Acts 11:26, for example ) are to submit "one to another in the feare of God."
Considering verse 22, wives are to submit to their own husbands "as vnto the Lord." Furthermore, according to verse 24, wives are to be subject to their own husbands "in euery thing." When we consider Matthew 7:12, for example, Jesus teaches that we are to treat others the way we want to be treated. Moreover, based on what Hebrews 4:14, 15 teach, for example, we can conclude that Jesus never mistreated anyone.
Therefore, with verses 22 and 24 in mind, wives are to submit to their own husbands in everything, as unto the Lord. A wife does not have to submit to her husband; involving a situation whereby he threatens violence against her. Husbands must love their wives and not mistreat them, and wives must reverence their husbands. There is a problem with domestic violence here in America, and elsewhere in the world.
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