Ephesians 5:23

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.

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 Place yourselves under each other's authority out of respect for Christ.

22 Wives, place yourselves under your husbands' authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord's authority.

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.

24 As the church is under Christ's authority, so wives are under their husbands' authority in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.