Ephesians 5:23

for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. *He* [is] Saviour of the body.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

In Context

22Wives, [submit yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the Lord,

24But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Ephesians 1:22and has put all things under his feet, and gave him [to be] head over all things to the assembly,

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:22-33

Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 61.) 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might… Read the whole commentary →

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