Eph 5:23
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.
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But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman {is} the man; and the head of Christ {is} God.
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 preeminence. {in...: or, among all}
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
And hath put all {things} under his feet, and gave him {to be} the head over all {things} to the church,
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, {even} Christ: {speaking...: or, being sincere}
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, {even} Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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;
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. {Meats: not flesh only, but food of any kind}
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.
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, {even} to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, {even} Christ: {speaking...: or, being sincere}
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 preeminence. {in...: or, among all}
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also {is} Christ.
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
And hath put all {things} under his feet, and gave him {to be} the head over all {things} to the church,
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. {Meats: not flesh only, but food of any kind}
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make {them} the members of an harlot? God forbid.
So we, {being} many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.