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becauseὅτιthe husbandἀνήρisἐστινheadκεφαλὴof the wifeτῆς γυναικὸςasὡςalsoκαὶthe Messiahὁ Χριστὸςisheadκεφαλὴof the assembly,τῆς ἐκκλησίαςhe himselfαὐτὸςbeingsaviorσωτὴρof the body.τοῦ σώματος
Ephesians 5:23
Study it in the app“because the husband is head of the wife as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, he himself being savior of the body.”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:23, word by word
- the husbandἀνήρanēr
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “anēr” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- headκεφαλὴkephalē
leader
The one who leads and sustains others, as the Messiah does his assembly.
Where else “kephalē” appears- of the wifeγυναικὸςgynaikos
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaikos” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- of the assemblyἐκκλησίαςekklēsias
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsias” appears- saviorσωτὴρsōtēr
Savior
Savior.
Where else “sōtēr” appears- of the bodyσώματοςsōmatos
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appears
The context
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord;
23 · This verse (above)
24But as the assembly submits to the Messiah, so also the wives to their husbands in everything.
To study Ephesians 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?