Ephesians 1:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

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  • Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
  • Col 2:10 : 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:
  • Col 2:19 : 19 And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.
  • Eph 5:23 : 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
  • Ps 8:6-8 : 6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet; 7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field; 8 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.
  • 1 Cor 11:3 : 3 But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
  • Eph 3:21 : 21 To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Eph 4:15-16 : 15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ; 16 Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
  • Ps 91:13 : 13 You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
  • 1 Cor 15:25-27 : 25 For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet. 26 The last power to come to an end is death. 27 For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.
  • Col 1:8 : 8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.
  • Heb 2:8 : 8 You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.
  • Heb 12:22-24 : 22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered, 23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete, 24 And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.

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  • 1 Cor 15:27-28
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    27For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.

    28And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.

  • Heb 2:7-8
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    7You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:

    8You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

  • Eph 1:23
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    23Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

  • Eph 1:19-21
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    19And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

    20By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

    21Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

  • Col 1:15-20
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    15Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

    16For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;

    17He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

    18And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

    19For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

    20Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.

  • Ps 8:6
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    6You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

  • Eph 1:9-10
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    9Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

    10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

  • 1 Cor 15:24-25
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    24Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power.

    25For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.

  • Eph 4:8-10
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    8For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.

    9(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

    10He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)

  • Eph 5:22-24
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    22Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

    23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

    24And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

  • Phil 2:9-11
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    9For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

    10So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,

    11And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  • Eph 3:9-11
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    9And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

    10So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

    11Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

  • Col 2:9-10
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    9For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,

    10And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

  • 1 Pet 3:22
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    22Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.

  • Eph 4:15
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    15But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

  • Eph 2:6
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    6So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;

  • Col 2:15
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    15Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

  • 1 Cor 3:22-23
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    22Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

    23And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • Col 2:19
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    19And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

  • Eph 3:21
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    21To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.

  • Phil 3:21
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    21By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

  • 2 Cor 5:18
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    18But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

  • Eph 4:6
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    6One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

  • Eph 4:12
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    12For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

  • Acts 2:35
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    35Till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

  • 1 Cor 8:6
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    6There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.