Ephesians 5:23

Amplified Bible

For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church, Himself being the Savior of the body.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
A husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. Christ is the Savior of the church, which is his body.

Revised Standard Version
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For the husbande is the wyves heed even as Christ is the heed of the congregacion and the same is the saveoure of the body.

Hebrew Names Version
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Messiah also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

New American Standard Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

New Century Version
because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church.

Update Bible Version
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the savior of the body.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

English Standard Version
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

World English Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ also is head of the church:

Weymouth's New Testament
because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi.

English Revised Version
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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body.

American Standard Version
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.

Complete Jewish Bible
because the husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe.

Darby Translation
for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. *He* [is] Saviour of the body.

International Standard Version
For the husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body.1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 1:22-23; 4:15; Colossians 1:18;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For the husband is the head of the wife, as the Meshiha is the head of the church, and he himself is the Saviour of the body.

Murdock Translation
Because the husband is the head of the wife, even as the Messiah is the head of the church; and he is the vivifier of the body.

King James Version (1611)
For the husband is the head of the wife, euen as Christ is the head of the Church: and he is the sauiour of the body.

New Living Translation
For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.

New Life Bible
For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is His body (the church) that He saves.

New Revised Standard
For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.

George Lamsa Translation
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of its body.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because, a husband, is the head of his wife, as, the Christ also, is the head of the assembly, he, being the saviour of the body, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the husbande is the head of the wyfe, euen as Christe is the head of the Church: & he is the sauiour of the bodie.

Good News Translation
For a husband has authority over his wife just as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is himself the Savior of the church, his body.

Christian Standard Bible®
because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

King James 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.

Lexham English Bible
because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body).

Literal Translation
because a husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is Head of the assembly, and He is 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,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the hussbande is the wyues heade, eue as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion, and he is the Sauioure of his body.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for the husband presides over his wife, as Christ presides over the church: and he it is that preserves the whole body.

New English Translation
because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church—he himself being the savior of the body.

New King James Version
For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

Simplified Cowboy Version
A husband is the head of his family as Jesus is head of his outfit. He is the savior of his outfit.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

Contextual Overview

²¹being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. ²²Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord. ²³For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church, Himself being the Savior of the body.²⁴But as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives should be subject to their husbands in everything [respecting both their position as protector and their responsibility to God as head of the house]. ²⁵Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, ²⁶so that He might sanctify the church, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word [of God], ²⁷so that [in turn] He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy [set apart for God] and blameless. ²⁸Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰because we are members (parts) of His body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

husband: 1 Corinthians 11:3-10

even: Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 1:23, Ephesians 4:15, Colossians 1:18

he: Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:26, Acts 20:28, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, Revelation 5:9

Reciprocal: Hosea 2:19 - in righteousness Romans 7:4 - that ye Romans 12:5 - General 1 Corinthians 6:13 - but for 1 Corinthians 6:15 - your 1 Corinthians 12:12 - as 1 Corinthians 12:27 - General Titus 2:14 - gave

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the husband is the head of the wife,....

:-.

Even as Christ is the head of the church; all the elect;

:-. And he is the Saviour of the body; not "of our body", as the Ethiopic version reads, of that part of man, which is called the body; though that indeed is redeemed and saved by Christ, as well as the soul; but "of his body", as the Vulgate Latin version reads; that is, of the church, which is his body; see Ephesians 1:23; of which he is the Saviour; he provides everything for it, preserves and protects it, and has wrought out salvation for it, which every member of it partakes of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the husband is the head of the wife - see the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:3.

As Christ is the head of the church - As Christ rules over the church, and has a right to direct and control it.

And he is the Saviour of the body - That is, of the church, represented as “his body;” see notes, Ephesians 1:23. The idea here seems to be, that as Christ gave himself to save his body, the church; as he practiced self-denial and made it an object of intense solicitude to preserve that church, so ought the husband to manifest a similar solicitude to make his wife happy, and to save her from want, affliction, and pain. He ought to regard himself as her natural protector; as bound to anticipate and provide for her needs; as under obligation to comfort her in trial, even as Christ does the church. What a beautiful illustration of the spirit which a husband should manifest is the care which Christ has shown for his “bride,” the church! See the notes on Ephesians 5:25-29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. For the husband is the head of the wife — This is the reason which the apostle gives for his injunctions. See above.

He is the Saviour of the body. — As Christ exercises authority over the Church so as to save and protect it, so let the husband exercise authority over his wife by protecting, comforting, and providing her with every necessary and comfort of life, according to his power.