Ephesians 1:22

1:22 And God ¹  put ²  all things under Christ’s ³  feet, ⁴  and he gave him to the church as head over all things. ⁵ 

Ephesians 5:23

5:23 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.

Ephesians 5:27

5:27 so that he ⁶  may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. ⁷ 

Ephesians 5:29

5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body ⁸  but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

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¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “subjected.”

³ tn Grk “his”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn An allusion to Ps 8:6.

⁵ tn Grk “and he gave him as head over all things to the church.”

⁶ tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.

⁷ tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”

⁸ tn Grk “flesh.”