Ephesians 1:22

and has put all things under his feet, and gave him [to be] head over all things to the assembly,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

In Context

21above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;

23which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all:

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

Psalms 91:13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.

Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.

1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 4:15but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

Colossians 1:8who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:16-23

The Apostle's Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,… Read the whole commentary →

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