Ephesians 5:23

because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord,

24But as the church is submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13Meats for the stomach, and the stomach for meats: but God will destroy both this and them. The body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

Ephesians 1:22and has subordinated all things beneath his feet, and given him to be head over all things to the church,

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await his Son out of the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus the one delivering 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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