Ephesians 5:23

23 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.

Ephesians 5:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife
(See Gill on 1 Corinthians 11:3).

Even as Christ is the head of the church;
all the elect; (See Gill on Ephesians 1:22). And he is the Saviour of the body; not "of our body", as the Ethiopic version reads, of that part of man, which is called the body; though that indeed is redeemed and saved by Christ, as well as the soul; but "of his body", as the Vulgate Latin version reads; that is, of the church, which is his body; see ( Ephesians 1:23 ) ; of which he is the Saviour; he provides everything for it, preserves and protects it, and has wrought out salvation for it, which every member of it partakes of.

Ephesians 5:23 In-Context

21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

22 Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 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.

24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;