Ephesians 5:22-24

Marriage Like Christ and the Church

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22} ^(A)Wives, ^(B)be subject to your own husbands, ^(C)as to the Lord. ^{Tools
23} For ^(D)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the ^(E)head of the church, He Himself ^(F)being the Savior of the body. ^{Tools
24} But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

Cross references:

A. Ephesians 5:22: Ephesians 5:22

B. Ephesians 5:22: Titus 2:5; 1 Peter 3:1

C. Ephesians 5:22: Ephesians 6:5

D. Ephesians 5:23: 1 Corinthians 11:3

E. Ephesians 5:23: Ephesians 1:22

F. Ephesians 5:23: 1 Corinthians 6:13

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