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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
2 ad Corinthios 5:23
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mansuetudo, fides, modestia, continentia, castitas. Adversus hujusmodi non est lex.
quoniam vir caput est mulieris, sicut et Christus caput est ecclesiae, ipse salvator corporis.
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.
