Ephesians 5:24
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
πᾶς
everything.
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πᾶς
All, every, whole, any. Pas. All things work together for good. All authority has been given to Me. All the promises of God are yes in Christ. God thinks in absolutes of blessing.
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ὑποτάσσω
is subjected
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ὑποτάσσω
To submit, to place under, to be subject to. Hupotasso. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Submission is not weakness. It is the posture of security and strength.
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ἐκκλησία
church
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ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
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ἴδιος
to their own
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ἴδιος
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
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γυνή
wives
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γυνή
a woman; specially, a wife
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