Ephesians 5:22 - Compare All Versions
Ephesians 5:22-24 MSG (The Message)
Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
Ephesians 5:22 KJV (King James Version)
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 NCV (New Century Version)
Wives, yield to your husbands, as you do to the Lord
Ephesians 5:22 ASV (American Standard Version)
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 NIV (New International Version)
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 NKJV (New King James Version)
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 NLT (New Living Translation)
For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 TPT (The Passion Translation)
For wives, this means being devoted to your husbands like you are tenderly devoted to our Lord
Ephesians 5:22 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.