Ephesians 5:23,Ephesians 5:24,Ephesians 5:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-24

The duties of wives. In enforcing relative duties the apostle reminds us that religion takes hold of all possible conditions and callings of men. Religion is the great formative grace for men. We are set in a curiously various scheme of relations, in which the two principles of union and subjection are beautifully blended. The three relations in which these principles are seen in operation are peculiar to family life. The wife is first mentioned, then the children, then the servants.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

Duties of wives and husbands. The Apostle Peter, in his First Epistle, after dwelling on the privileges of believers, strongly urges them to have their conversation honest or fair among the Gentiles, exemplifying, by the purity and beauty of their life, the excellence of the principles and privileges of the gospel; and then he branches out into three cases or relations that afford scope for this mode of life—that of subjects to their rulers, that of servants to their masters, and that of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

What husbands and wives owe to Christ. In exhorting the Ephesians to purity and enthusiasm of life, Paul is naturally led to the family institution and the relations to be found there. In the heathen world the relations between men and women were degrading. As Pressense says, in his most suggestive book, 'La Famille Chretienne,' "One found in the pagan family neither purity nor love. At the moment when Jesus Christ came, it had reached the last degree of degradation, and one can apply to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

Ideal marriage. "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the Head of the Church: and he is the Savior of the body. Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that he might present... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

Husbands and wives. I. CHRISTIANITY CONSECRATES AND ELEVATES THE UNION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE . 1. Christianity sanctions marriage . St. Paul, though an unmarried man, casts no slight on marriage. It is true that he discourages it under temporary trying circumstances ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ), but it is also true that he plainly teaches, not only the lawfulness, but especially the dignity of Christian marriage in itself. The ascetic view of celibacy as a more holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the Head of the Church. The woman was made for the man ( Genesis 2:18 ; 1 Timothy 2:13 ), showing the Divine purpose that the man should be the head and center of the household, and that the position of the wife, as wife, should be one of subordination. Parallel to this arrangement is the relation of Christ to the Church. In words, at least, all admit the headship of Christ, and the subordination of the Church to him. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife - see the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:3.As Christ is the head of the church - As Christ rules over the church, and has a right to direct and control it.And he is the Saviour of the body - That is, of the church, represented as “his body;” see notes, Ephesians 1:23. The idea here seems to be, that as Christ gave himself to save his body, the church; as he practiced self-denial and made it an object of intense solicitude to preserve that church, so ought the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:22-24

Ephesians 5:22-24. In the following directions concerning relative duties, the inferiors are all along placed before the superiors, because the general proposition is concerning submission: and inferiors ought to do their duty, whatever their superiors do. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands Unless where God forbids. Otherwise, in all indifferent things, the will of the husband is a law to the wife: as unto the Lord As owning Christ’s authority in your husbands, whose image they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:21-33

Christian relationships (5:21-6:9)People can have good relations with one another only as they consider one another. When they insist on their rights without considering others, they only destroy harmony and fellowship (21).In the next section Paul illustrates this principle in certain family and social relationships. In 5:22-33 he considers the the case of husbands and wives, in 6:1-4 the case of parents and children, and in 6:5-9 the case of masters and servants. In union with Christ, people... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 5:23

the = a. even as Christ = as Christ also. church . App-186 . and He is = He Himself (being). the saviour = Saviour. Greek. soter ; only here in Eph.: not in Rom., Cor., Gal. the body . See Ephesians 1:23 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:22-24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:21-33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 5:23

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