“Take care of yourselves and all the flock of which the Ruach ha-Kodesh has made you overseers, to shepherd the community of God—which He obtained with the blood of His own.
Ephesians 5:23 - Tree of Life Version For the husband is head of the wife, as Messiah also is head of His community—Himself the Savior of the body. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 care of yourselves and all the flock of which the Ruach ha-Kodesh has made you overseers, to shepherd the community of God—which He obtained with the blood of His own.
“Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food”—but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all ways into Messiah, who is the Head.
But as Messiah’s community is submitted to Messiah, so also the wives to their husbands in everything.
He is the head of the body, His community. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead— so that He might come to have first place in all things.
and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Yeshua, the One delivering us from the coming wrath.
Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready,
And they are singing a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals. For You were slain, and by Your blood You redeemed for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.