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Ephesians 5:23 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Ephesians 5:23Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 5:2317 words
GreekMeaning
ὅτιhoti
forwordG3754
ἀνήρanēr
husbandnounG435
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
κεφαλὴkephalē
headnounG2776
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
γυναικὸςgynaikos
wifenounG1135
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
ho
thearticleG3588
ΧριστὸςChristos
ChristnounG5547
κεφαλὴkephalē
is the headnounG2776
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἐκκλησίαςekklēsias
churchnounG1577
αὐτὸςautos
He HimselfpronounG846
σωτὴρsōtēr
SaviornounG4990
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
σώματοςsōmatos
bodynounG4983
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:23

A certain wise man, setting down a number of things in the rank of blessings, set down this also in the rank of a blessing, “A wife agreeing with her husband.” Sirach 25:1 And elsewhere again he sets it down among blessings, that a woman should dwell in harmony with her husband. Sirach 40:23 And indeed from the beginning, God appears to have made special provision for this union; and discoursing of the two as one, He said thus, “Male and female created He them” Genesis 1:27;…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 20 on Ephesians
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