Ephesians 1:22
Context1:22 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
Context5:23 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
Context5:27 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
Context5:29 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.
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.”