Ephesians 1:22

New International Reader's Version

God placed all things under Christ’s rule. He appointed him to be ruler over everything for the church.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman hate each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. Her son will crush your head. And you will bite his heel.”

Psalm 110:1

The Lord says to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your control.”

Psalm 91:13

You will walk on lions and cobras. You will crush mighty lions and poisonous snakes.

Matthew 16:18

Here is what I tell you. You are Peter. On this rock I will build my church. The gates of hell will not be strong enough to destroy it.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves. Keep watch over all the believers. The Holy Spirit has made you leaders over them. Be shepherds of God’s church. He bought it with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. The head of the woman is the man. And the head of Christ is God.

Ephesians 3:21

Give him glory in the church and in Christ Jesus. Give him glory through all time and for ever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:23

The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body. He is its Savior.

Colossians 1:18

And he is the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning. He is the first to be raised from the dead. That happened so that he would be far above everything.

Colossians 1:8

He also told us about your love that comes from the Holy Spirit.

Colossians 2:10

Because you belong to Christ, you have been made complete. He is the ruler over every power and authority.

Colossians 2:19

They aren’t connected anymore to the head, who is Christ. But the whole body grows from the head. The muscles and tendons hold the body together. And God causes it to grow.

1 Timothy 3:15

Then if I have to put off my visit, you will know how people should act in God’s family. The family of God is the church of the living God. It is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Hebrews 2:8

You have put everything under their control.” (Psalm 8:4–6) So God has put everything under his Son. Everything is under his control. We do not now see everything under his control.