KJV 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.
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Ephesians 5:23
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
ASV 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.
YLT 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,
Surrounding context — Ephesians 5
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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 sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἀνήρG435 · anērmanἐστινG1510 · eimito beκεφαλὴG2776 · kephalēheadτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγυναικὸςG1135 · gunēwomanὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoΧριστὸςG5547 · ChristosChristκεφαλὴG2776 · kephalēheadτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐκκλησίας,G1577 · ekklēsiaassemblyαὐτὸςG846 · autosit/s/heσωτὴρG4990 · sōtērsaviorτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoσώματος·G4983 · sōmabody
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 11:3-10But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.Ephesians 1:22-23And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church,Ephesians 5:25-26Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;Ephesians 4:15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:1 Thessalonians 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;1 Corinthians 6:13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
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