Bible verse
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.
Ephesians 5:23 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ephesians 5.
19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
23 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.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
KJV
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
ASV
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
ERV
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
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