Ephesians 5:23 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

²³ For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body.

²⁸ Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the Church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.

¹³ Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

³ But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the Head of every man, that man is the Head of woman, and that God is the Head of the Christ. ⁴ Any man who keeps his head covered, when praying or preaching in public, dishonors him who is his Head; ⁵ While any woman, who prays or preaches in public bare-headed, dishonors him who is her Head; for that is to make herself like one of the shameless women who shave their heads. ⁶ Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered. ⁷ A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning 'the likeness of God' and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man's glory. ⁸ For it was not man who was taken from woman, but woman who was taken from man. ⁹ Besides, man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. ¹⁰ And, therefore, a woman ought to wear on her head a symbol of her subjection, because of the presence of the angels.

²² And God placed 'all things under Christ's feet,' and gave him to the Church as its supreme Head; ²³ For the Church is Christ's Body, and is filled by him who fills all things everywhere with his presence.

¹⁵ But holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head--Christ himself.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her, ²⁶ To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise;

¹⁸ And he is the Head of the Church, which is his Body. The First-born from the dead, he is to the Church the Source of its Life, that he, in all things, may stand first.

¹⁰ And are now awaiting the return from Heaven of his Son whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, our deliverer from the Coming Wrath.

⁹ And they are singing a new song--'Thou art worthy to take the book and break its seals, for thou wast sacrificed, and with thy blood thou didst buy for God men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,