Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Berean Standard Bible

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 to your husbands as to the Lord.

24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from 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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