Ephesians 5:23 · KJV
“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.”
— Ephesians 5:23
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so {let} the wives {be} to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians 5 — Context
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23For 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.
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so {let} the wives {be} to their own husbands in every thing.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:3-10
But 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 1:18
And 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. {in...: or, among all}
Ephesians 5:25-26
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 1:22-23
And hath put all {things} under his feet, and gave him {to be} the head over all {things} to the church,
Ephesians 4:15
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, {even} Christ: {speaking...: or, being sincere}
1 Thessalonians 1:10
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, {even} Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Revelation 5:9
And 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 6:13
Meats 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. {Meats: not flesh only, but food of any kind}