..."submit to [their] husbands as to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22). They take to heart Paul's words: "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. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should...

...These questions have to be weighed against the analogy he uses to support his words. He says, "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" (5:23). He goes on to say, "Now as the church submits...

...possible for two people who sincerely love the Lord and each other. 2007/05/15 04:03:30 PM For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour. Epbesians 5:22-23 Most women dislike this scripture in...

...by Aristotle in The Politics, which was then expanded and adapted by St. Paul, who decreed, 'For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior'.1 Henry VIII used analogies of the body to assert his...

...that wields authority over human beings and their behaviour, not the head." 1 Verse 23 reads: 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. Headship here is associated with Christ's function as...

...His church. In Eph.5:22-27, Paul writes: 22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should...

...the term "head" (Gk — kephale) to refer to relationships. In Ephesians 5:23 Paul writes that the "husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church," and in 1 Corinthians 11:3 he states that "the head of the •woman is man." Many people have...

...the story of Adam and Eve. It goes on about men leading their families, look for yourself: 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. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should...

...another out of reverence for Christ. 5:22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 5:23 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. 5:24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives...

...is the leader of the body. Therefore, the word is also used to describe a leader. Paul says that the husband is the head of the wife "as Christ is the head of the church . . ." (5:23). So the husband's headship in marriage is based on Christ's headship in the church....