EPH 5:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) And show your honour of the messiah by placing yourselves under each other’s authority.

Key: khaki:verbs, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST Humbly submit yourselves to each other because you deeply respect the Messiah.

5:21 Or in the fear of Christ; ALT, HF, F35, and TR out of reverence for God

AICNT Submit to one another in the fear of {Christ}.[fn]

5:21, Christ: NA28 SBLGNT THGNT BYZ ‖ Later manuscripts read “Jesus Christ,” “the Lord,” or “God.” TR reads “God”

OEB Submit to one another because you honour and respect Christ.

WEBBE subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

WMBB subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Messiah.

NET and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

LSV subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

FBV Each of you should be willing to accept what others tell you to do out of reverence for Christ.

TCNT and submitting to one another in the fear of [fn]Christ.

5:21 Christ ¦ God 𝔐^pt HF PCK TR

T4T Humbly submit yourselves to each other because you reverence Christ, who is our example.

LEB being subject to one another _⌊out of reverence for_⌋[fn] Christ

5:21 Literally “in the fear of”

BBE Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

Moff Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wymth and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

ASV subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

DRA Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.

YLT subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Drby submitting yourselves to one another in [the] fear of Christ.

RV subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

SLT Yielding obedience to one another in the fear of God.

Wbstr Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

KJB-1769 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

KJB-1611 Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.
(Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. )

Cvdl submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God.
(submittinge yourselves one to another in the fear of God.)

TNT submittinge youre selves one to another in the feare of God.
(submittinge your(pl) selves one to another in the fear of God. )

Wycl Be ye suget togidere in the drede of Crist.
(Be ye/you_all subject together in the dread of Christ.)

Luth Und seid untereinander untertan in der Furcht Gottes.
(And are each_other subject/subservient in the/of_the fear(n) God’s.)

ClVg subjecti invicem in timore Christi.[fn]
(subjects each_other in/into/on with_fear Christi. )

5.21 Subjecti invicem. Non solum auditores prælatis, sed etiam prælati subditis, in charitate eis serviendo et humiliter curam gerendo. Nam etsi dignitas majorum est, administratoria tamen est; unde Apostolus: Omnium me servum feci I Cor. 9.. Est ergo majorum (salva tamen dignitate) servire, sicut minorum est humiliter obedire; hæc autem tam majorum quam minorum ordinata subjectio, debet esse in casto timore Christi, qui humilitatem mandavit.

5.21 Subyecti each_other. Not/No only listeners prelatess, but also prelates I_submitis, in/into/on with_love to_them serviendo and humbly care gerendo. For/Surely even_though dignity of_elders it_is, administratoria nevertheless it_is; from_where/who Apostolus: Of_all me a_servant I_did I Cor. 9.. It_is therefore of_elders (salva nevertheless dignity) to_serve, like minorum it_is humbly to_obey; these_things however tam of_elders how minorum organized subjectso, must to_be in/into/on casto with_fear Christi, who/which humility commanded.

UGNT ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ.
(hupotassomenoi allaʸlois en fobōi Ⱪristou.)

SBL-GNT ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ.
(hupotassomenoi allaʸlois en fobōi Ⱪristou.)

RP-GNT ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ χριστοῦ.
(hupotassomenoi allaʸlois en fobōi ⱪristou.)

TC-GNT ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ [fn]Χριστοῦ.
(hupotassomenoi allaʸlois en fobōi Ⱪristou. )

5:21 χριστου ¦ θεου 𝔐^pt HF PCK TR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:21–33: Paul gave advice to husbands and their wives

In 4:17–5:20, Paul taught the Ephesian Christians to behave differently than pagans (people who do not know God). For the next three sections, Paul taught about how Christians should behave in their relationships in their families and at work. In this first section, he dealt with the duties of wives and husbands. He described the marriage relationship as a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church.

Here are some other examples for a heading for this section:

Paul’s advise to wives and husbands (GW)

How a wife and a husband should live together

Paragraph 5:21–24

Some English versions make verse 5:21 part of the previous section, and begin this section with 5:22. However, since Paul began to talk about a new topic—submitting—in 5:21, other versions make 5:21 the beginning of a new section.

You may want to consult your national version and use it as a model to follow.

5:21

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

¶ Yield to each other, because you^(plur) respect Christ.
¶ Put yourselves under one another’s authority, because you^(plur) honour Christ.

Submit to one another: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Submit means “to surrender or yield (oneself) to the will or authority of another person.”

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

Place yourselves under each other’s authority (GW)

Yield to obey each other (NCV)

accept orders from other people

Some languages have special ways to talk about submitting, for example:

Each of you should be willing to put yourself under the others

Each of you should bow your head to the others

Among God’s people you are to be underneath them

out of reverence for Christ: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as out of reverence for Christ is literally “in the fear of Christ.” The BSB and most modern translations use words like “reverence,” “respect,” or “honor,” instead of “fear.” These words are closer to the true meaning in this context.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

because you honor Christ

out of respect for Christ (GW)

in order to honor Christ

You are to regard Christ’s name highly

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις

˓being˒_subjected ˱to˲_one_another

Paul assumes that his readers will understand that he is continuing to explain what it means to “be filled with the Spirit” ([Ephesians 5:18](../05/18.md)). You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Here Paul says that Christians are to submit themselves to one another. Alternate translation: [yielding to fellow believers]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῷ Κυρίῳ,

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ)

Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [wives, subuitting yourselves to your own husbands, just as you submit yourselves to the Lord]

Parallel EPH 5:21

Section 5:21–33: Paul gave advice to husbands and their wives

Paragraph 5:21–24

5:21