Ephesians 5:23,31-32
Ephesians 5:22-24 The Message (MSG)
Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
Ephesians 5:29-33-29-33 The Message (MSG)
No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband.
Ephesians 5:23 King James Version (KJV)
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 5:31-32 King James Version (KJV)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:31-32 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:23 New Century Version (NCV)
because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church.
Ephesians 5:31-32 New Century Version (NCV)
The Scripture says, “So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.” That secret is very important—I am talking about Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
Ephesians 5:31-32 American Standard Version (ASV)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
Ephesians 5:23 New International Version (NIV)
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Ephesians 5:31-32 New International Version (NIV)
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:31-32 New King James Version (NKJV)
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church, Himself being the Savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:31-32 Amplified Bible (AMP)
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED [and be faithfully devoted] TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. [Gen 2:24] This mystery [of two becoming one] is great; but I am speaking with reference to [the relationship of] Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
Ephesians 5:31-32 New Living Translation (NLT)
As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.
Ephesians 5:23 The Passion Translation (TPT)
for the husband provides leadership for the wife, just as Christ provides leadership for his church, as the Savior and Reviver of the body.
Ephesians 5:31-32 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and lovingly hold to his wife, since the two have become joined as one flesh. Marriage is the beautiful design of the Almighty, a great mystery of Christ and his church.