Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Ephesians 5:23 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible A husband is the head of his wife like Christ is head of the church, that is, the savior of the body. Catholic Public Domain Version For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body. |
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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 pre-eminence.
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;