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.

24 [c]Therefore as the Church is in subjection to Christ, even so let the wives be to their husbands in everything.

25 (B)[d]Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it,

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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.
  3. Ephesians 5:24 The conclusion of the wives’ duty towards their husbands.
  4. Ephesians 5:25 The husbands’ duty towards their wives, is to love them as themselves, of which love, the love of Christ toward his Church is a lively pattern.

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