Ephesians 5:21

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Being subject one to another in the fear of Christ.

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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Paul puts mutual submission before any specific instruction to husbands or wives. The reverence is the engine — you submit because of Christ, not because the other deserves it.

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