Ephesians 5:23 “For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the c…”

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. He [is] Saviour of the body.

Young's Literal Translation

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“husband”

1 Corinthians 11:3–10

1 Corinthians 11:3–10 · BSB

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

“even”

Colossians 1:18 Ephesians 4:15 Ephesians 1:22 Ephesians 1:23

Colossians 1:18 · BSB

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Ephesians 4:15 · BSB

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

Ephesians 1:22 · BSB

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 1:23 · BSB

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

“he”

1 Thessalonians 1:10 Ephesians 5:25 Ephesians 5:26 Revelation 5:9 Acts 20:28

1 Thessalonians 1:10 · BSB

and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

Ephesians 5:25 · BSB

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Ephesians 5:26 · BSB

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Revelation 5:9 · BSB

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Acts 20:28 · BSB

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Also

1 Corinthians 6:13

1 Corinthians 6:13 · BSB

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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