Ephesians 5:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church(he himself being the savior of the body).

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 11:3-9 : 3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. 4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head. 5 But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head. 6 For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head. 7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man. 10 For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
  • Col 1:18 : 18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
  • Eph 1:22-23 : 22 And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things. 23 Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
  • Eph 5:25-26 : 25 Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 26 to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 5:21-22
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    21and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

    22Exhortations to Households Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

  • Eph 5:24-33
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    24But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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

    26to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

    27so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

    28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29For no one has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

    30because we are members of his body.

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

    32This mystery is great– but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

    33Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

  • 1 Cor 11:3-5
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    3But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

    4Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.

    5But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

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

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

  • 1 Cor 7:2-4
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    2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

    3A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

    4It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

  • Eph 1:22-23
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    22And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things.

    23Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

  • 1 Pet 3:5-7
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    5For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

    6like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.

    7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

  • 1 Cor 11:7-12
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    7For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

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

    9Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

    10For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

    11In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

    12For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1Wives and Husbands In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

  • Col 1:18
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    18He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

  • Titus 2:5
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    5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

  • Gen 2:23-24
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    23Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

    24That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

  • Matt 19:5
    68%

    5and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

  • Eph 4:15
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    15But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

  • 1 Cor 7:33
    67%

    33But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

  • 1 Cor 7:14
    67%

    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

  • 1 Cor 14:34
    67%

    34the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

  • Mark 10:7
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    7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    66%

    39A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes(only someone in the Lord).

  • Prov 31:23
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    23Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband

  • Rom 7:2
    66%

    2For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

  • Isa 54:5
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    5For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    66%

    16Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”