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Ephesians 5:20-26
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Ephesians 5:20-26
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
20 Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father:
21 Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.
22 Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:
23 Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it:
26 That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:
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Ephesians 5:20-26
New International Version
Ephesians 5:20-26
New International Version
20 always giving thanks(A) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Instructions for Christian Households(B)
21 Submit to one another(C) out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands(D) as you do to the Lord.(E) 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(F) his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(G) in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives,(H) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(I) 26 to make her holy,(J) cleansing[a] her by the washing(K) with water through the word,
Footnotes
- Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed
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