23 (A)[a]For the husband is the wife’s head, even as Christ is the head of the Church, [b]and the same is the Savior of his body.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:23 A declaration of the former saying: Because God hath made the man head of the woman in matrimony, as Christ is the head of the Church.
  2. Ephesians 5:23 Another argument: Because the good estate of the wife dependeth of the man, so that this submission is not only just, but also very profitable: as also the salvation of the Church is of Christ, although far otherwise.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(A) his body, of which he is the Savior.

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