Ephesians 1:22
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
Majority Standard Bible
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
23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
Acts 20:28Therefore keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of the Lord and of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
Colossians 1:8and who also informed us of 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 →