Ephesians 5:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Ephesians 5:23

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21 ^asubmitting to one another in the fear of¹ God.

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22 Wives, ^asubmit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

23 For ^athe husband is head of the wife, as also ^bChrist is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands ^ain everything.

25 ^aHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^bgave Himself for her,

26 that He might¹ sanctify and cleanse her ^awith the washing of water ^bby the word,

27 ^athat He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^bnot having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

30 For ^awe are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

31 ^a“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the ^btwo shall become one flesh.”

32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless ^alet each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^brespects her husband.

Verse Comparison: Ephesians 5:23

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body.

Contemporary English Version
A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body.

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

Good News Bible
For a husband has authority over his wife just as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is himself the Savior of the church, his body.

International Standard Version
For the husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself {being} the Savior of the body.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For the husband guides the wife, as Christ also leads the church, He Himself serving as the Savior of the body.

Young's Literal Translation
because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ `is' head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

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