Ephesians 5:23

23 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.

Ephesians 5:23 in Other Translations

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.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.

23 The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing.

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.

23 The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior.

23 for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

23 The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ's body. He is its Savior.

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 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

23 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.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Cross References

• 1. 1 Corinthians 11:3; S Ephesians 1:22