Ephesians 5:23

23 because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His 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 and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

23 because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

24 And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

25 Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;