Ephesians 5:23

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“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.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.”

— ASV

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1 Corinthians 11:3-10 "But I would have you know that the heador, origin of every man is Christ, and the heador, origin of the woman is man, and the heador, ori…"
Colossians 1:18 "He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preemin…"
Ephesians 1:22-23 "He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,"
Ephesians 5:25-26 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;"
Ephesians 4:15 "but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;"
1 Thessalonians 1:10 "and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come."
1 Corinthians 6:13 "“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality…"
Revelation 5:9 "They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with yo…"

Commentary

(Co1 11:3.) even as--Greek, "as also." and he is--The oldest manuscripts read, "Himself (being) Saviour," omitting "and," and "is." In Christ's case, the Headship is united with, nay gained by, His having SAVED the body in the process of redemption; so that (Paul implies) I am not alleging Christ's Headship as one entirely identical with that other, for He has a claim to it, and office in it, peculiar to Himself [ALFORD]. The husband is not saviour of the wife, in which particular Christ excels; hence, "But" (Eph 5:24) follows [BENGEL].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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