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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 5:23 - 5:23
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(1Co 11:3.)
even as - Greek, “as also.”
and he is - The oldest manuscripts read, “Himself (being) Savior,” omitting “and,” and “is.” In Christ’s case, the Headship is united with, nay gained by, His having SAVED the body in the process of redemption; so that (Paul implies) I am not alleging Christ’s Headship as one entirely identical with that other, for He has a claim to it, and office in it, peculiar to Himself [Alford]. The husband is not savior of the wife, in which particular Christ excels; hence, “But” (Eph 5:24) follows [Bengel].