Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Therefore, [ alla (G235)] - "But;" i:e., though the husband be not, as Christ, Saviour of the body (Ephesians 5:23), nevertheless, thus far they are one, that the 'subjection' or 'submission' (the same Greek as "submit," Ephesians 5:21) of the Church to Christ, is the prototype of that of the wife to the husband.

Their own. So A. Not in B Delta G 'Aleph (') f g. Not needed by the argument.

In every thing - appertaining to a husband's legitimate authority: "in the Lord" (Colossians 3:18): everything not contrary to God.

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