Ephesians 5:23

Wives and Husbands

22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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Berean Standard Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
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.
Bible in Basic English
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.
Free Bible Version
The husband is head of the wife in the same way as Christ is head of the church—his body and its savior.
Geneva Bible 1599
For the husband is the wiues head, euen as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the sauiour of his body.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Plain English Version
You see it is like this. Each body has a head that controls it. Well, we are God’s people, his church, and we are like a body, and Jesus is like our head. He is the one that saved us. In the same way, husbands are like the head of their wives.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church, and Christ himself is its savior.
Noah Webster Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Savior of the body.
World English Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
Young's Literal Translation
because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,