Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, as the Meshiha is the head of the church, and he himself is the Saviour of the body.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 husbands as to our Lord.

24But as the church is subject to Meshiha, so also (should) wives be unto their husbands in every thing.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13Food is for the belly, and the belly for food; but Aloha will abolish them both. But the body was not for fornication, but for our Lord, and our Lord for the body.

Ephesians 1:22and subjected every thing beneath his feet: and Him who is over all he hath given to be the head of the church,

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, as also the Meshiha loved his church, and gave himself for her,

1 Thessalonians 1:10awaiting his Son from heaven, Jeshu himself, whom he raised from among the dead, and who delivered us from the wrath that cometh.

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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