NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Ephesians 5:23 in context

Ephesians 5:20–26

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

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For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,

that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

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