Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the wiues head, euen as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the sauiour of his body.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

22Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.

24Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbands in euery thing.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13Meates are ordeined for the bellie, and the belly for the meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the bodie is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the bodie.

Ephesians 1:22And hath made all things subiect vnder his feete, and hath giuen him ouer all things to be the head to the Church,

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,

1 Thessalonians 1:10And to looke for his sonne from heauen, whome he raised from the dead, euen Iesus which deliuereth vs from that 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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