Ephesians Chapter 5, Verse 33
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33: πλην και υμεις οι καθ ενα εκαστος την εαυτου γυναικα ουτως αγαπατω ως εαυτον η δε γυνη ινα φοβηται τον ανδρα
33: Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his
wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her
husband.
33: Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular love for his wife
as himself: And let the wife fear her husband.
Nevertheless. The apostle here resumes the subject which he had been discussing in Eph 5:21ff, and says that it was the duty of every man to love his wife as he did himself. This was the main topic, from which he had been directed by the discussion respecting the love which the Redeemer had shown for his church.
And the wife see that she reverence her husband. The word "see" is supplied by our translators. The meaning is, that it was the especial duty of the wife to show respect for her husband as the head of the family, and as set over her in the Lord. See "Eph 5:22, See "Eph 5:23".
The word rendered reverence, is that which usually denotes fear -- fobhtai. She is to fear, i.e., to honour, respect, obey the will of her husband. It is, of course, not implied that it is not also her duty to love her husband, but that there should be no usurping of authority; no disregard of the arrangement which God has made; and that order and peace should be secured in a family by regarding the husband as the source of law.
