Ephesians 1:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God has put all things under the power of Christ, and for the good of the church he has made him the head of everything.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”

Psalm 110:1

The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at my right side, until I make your enemies into a footstool for you.”

Psalm 91:13

You will overpower the strongest lions and the most deadly snakes.

Matthew 16:18

So I will call you Peter, which means “a rock”. On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.

Acts 20:28

Look after yourselves and everyone the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be like shepherds to God's church. It is the flock that he bought with the blood of his own Son.

1 Corinthians 11:3

Now I want you to know that Christ is the head over all men, and a man is the head over a woman. But God is the head over Christ.

Ephesians 5:23

A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Saviour of the church, which is his own body.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of his body, which is the church. He is the very beginning, the first to be raised from death, so that he would be above all others.

Colossians 1:8

He is also the one who told us about the love that God's Spirit has given you.

Colossians 2:10

And you are fully grown because you belong to Christ, who is over every power and authority.

Colossians 2:19

They are no longer part of Christ, who is the head of the whole body. Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.

1 Timothy 3:15

so that if I am delayed, you will know how everyone who belongs to God's family ought to behave. After all, the church of the living God is the strong foundation of truth.

Hebrews 2:8

And you have put everything under our power!” God has put everything under our power and has not left anything out of our power. But we still don't see it all under our power.