Ephesians 5:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Cor 11:3-9 : 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. 4 Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head. 5 But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. 6 For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled. 7 For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man. 9 And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man. 10 For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
  • 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.
  • Eph 1:22-23 : 22 And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
  • Eph 5:25-26 : 25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it; 26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 5:21-22
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    21Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

    22Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

  • Eph 5:24-33
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    24And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

    25Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

    26So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

    27And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

    28Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

    29For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

    30Because we are parts of his body.

    31For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

    32This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

    33But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

  • 1 Cor 11:3-5
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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.

    4Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

    5But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

    19Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-4
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    2But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

    3Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

    4The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

  • Eph 1:22-23
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    22And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

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

  • 1 Pet 3:5-7
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    5And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:

    6As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

    7And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

  • 1 Cor 11:7-12
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    7For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

    8For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.

    9And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.

    10For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

    11But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

    12For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

  • Col 1:18
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    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.

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

  • Titus 2:5
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    5To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

  • Gen 2:23-24
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    23And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

    24For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

  • Matt 19:5
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    5For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

  • 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;

  • 1 Cor 7:33
    67%

    33But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:14
    67%

    14For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

  • 1 Cor 14:34
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    34Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.

  • Mark 10:7
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    7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

  • 1 Cor 7:39
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    39It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

  • Prov 31:23
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    23Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

  • Rom 7:2
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    2For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

  • Isa 54:5
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    5For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
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    16Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.