Ephesians 5:23

because a husband is the head of his wife even as Christ is head of the church, his body, which he saves.

Montgomery New Testament

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 likewise to their husbands as to the Lord,

24But as the church submits itself to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13"Food is meant for the stomach, and the stomach for food"? Yes, but God will soon put an end both to the one and to the other. The body, however, exists not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

Ephesians 1:22God has put all things under Christ’s feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,

1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await for the coming of his Son from the heavens, the Son whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, our Deliverer 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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