Ephesians 5:23

New American Bible - revised edition

For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body.

Cross References

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the church of God that he acquired with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both the one and the other. The body, however, is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body;

Ephesians 4:15

Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,

Ephesians 5:24

As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from [the] dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory. For the wedding day of the Lamb has come, his bride has made herself ready.

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.