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Ephesians 5:23–24

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23For hthe husband is the head of the wife, even as hiChrist is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of kthe body. 24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands lin every thing.

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Footnotes

  1. hSee 1 Cor. 11:3.
  2. hSee 1 Cor. 11:3.
  3. iSee ch. 1:22.
  4. kSee ch. 1:23. So 1 Cor. 6:13.
  5. l1 Thess. 5:18. So Col. 3:20, 22. Tit. 2:9.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

NLTNew Living Translation

For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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). But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives should be subject to their husbands in everything.