Ephesians 5:23

In 9 translations

BSB

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.

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.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the Assembly, and He is Savior of the body,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.

GNV

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.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, αὐτὸς σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.

RP2018

Ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικός, ὡς καὶ ὁ χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.

TR-Boyd

Ὅτι ὁ ἀνήρ ἐστι κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικός, ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ αὐτός ἐστι σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.

SCR1894

οτι ο ανηρ εστιν κεφαλη της γυναικος ως και ο χριστος κεφαλη της εκκλησιας και αυτος εστιν σωτηρ του σωματος

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• 1 Corinthians 11:3–10But 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. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. And every…
• 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.
• Ephesians 1:22–23And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
• Ephesians 5:25–26Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
• Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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