Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

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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, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

24But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Ephesians 1:22He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,

1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

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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