Ephesians 5:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 5:23 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 20:28Keep 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.
- 1 Corinthians 6:13“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.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3But 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.
- Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Colossians 1:18And 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
- Revelation 5:9And 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.
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