20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God even the Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 [a]Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

22 (A)[b]Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, [c]as unto the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:21 A short repetition of the end whereunto all things ought to be referred, to serve one another for God’s sake.
  2. Ephesians 5:22 Now he descendeth to a family, dividing orderly all the parts of a family. And he saith that the duty of wives consisteth herein, to be obedient to their husbands.
  3. Ephesians 5:22 The first argument, for they cannot be disobedient to their husbands, but they must resist God also, who is the author of this subjection.

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