Ephesians 5:23

because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

22Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

24And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:13Food of all kinds is meant for the stomach, and the stomach is meant for food, and God will cause both of them to perish. Yet the body does not exist for the purpose of fornication, but for the Master's service, and the Master exists for the body;

Ephesians 1:22God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,

Ephesians 5:25Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He raised from among the dead--even Jesus, our Deliverer from God's coming anger.

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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