Ephesians 5:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

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  • 1 Cor 11:3-9 : 3 But I want you to know 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 prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is the same as if she were shaved. 6 For if a woman is not covered, let her be shorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man. 9 Nor was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man. 10 For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
  • Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
  • Eph 1:22-23 : 22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ:
  • Eph 5:25-26 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

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    21Submitting to one another in the fear of God.

    22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

  • Eph 5:24-33
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    24Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

    25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it;

    26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

    27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

    28So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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

    30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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

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

    33Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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    3But I want you to know 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 prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

    5But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is the same as if she were shaved.

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

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    2Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

    3Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

    4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

  • Eph 1:22-23
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    22And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

    23Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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    5For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands:

    6Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any fear.

    7In the same way, you husbands, live with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

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    16For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

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    7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

    8For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man.

    9Nor was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

    10For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

    11Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

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

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    1In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives;

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    18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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    5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

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    23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

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    5And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

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    15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ:

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    33But he who is married cares about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

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    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

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    34Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.

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    7For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

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    23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

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    10And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband:

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    2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband.

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    5For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is His name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall He be called.

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    16What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For two, says He, shall be one flesh.