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Ephesians 1:22

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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

Context
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

Context
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

Context
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,

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.”



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